FNUS76 KLOX 300007
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO 13...LAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
507 PM PDT TUE MAY 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED IN REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES
OR RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ON WEDNESDAY AS MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW
WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. THERE WILL BE GUSTY AFTERNOON
WINDS ACROSS THE BURN AREA TYPICAL OF THOSE ON TUESDAY. BY
THURSDAY...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE
REGION...BRINGING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. INCREASING
ONSHORE FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS WEEKEND ALONG WITH A COOLING
TREND AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AS AN UPPER TROUGH WILL
REPLACE THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........77 AT IGNITION...MAX 86.
RH..................28-30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20-23 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING. GUSTS TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

 RIDGETOP...........WINDS LIGHT...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN INCREASING
                    INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55-57.
RH..................MAX 60 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH GUSTS IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY EVENING...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 2 TO 4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...LOWERING
                    TO 500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...RUDY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120530.RANCH.01/LOX