FNUS76 KLOX 310027
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLRD PREPAREDNESS DRILL...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
527 PM PDT WED MAY 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1231 PDT ON MAY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAKENING ONSHORE FLOW BENEATH A HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM ALOFT WILL BRING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND TO THE BURN
AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH NIGHT AND
PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH HUMIDITIES DIPPING
INTO THE TEENS ON THURSDAY. ANY ONSHORE BREEZES WILL ARRIVES MUCH
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. RECOVERIES COULD END BEING
POORER...AROUND 50 PERCENT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD
INCREASE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BREAKS
DOWN. A COOLER AND MORE MOIST AIR MASS SHOULD DEVELOP.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-49 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........84-88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
    NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........BECOMING NORTHEAST 17 TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 500 FT AGL OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-99 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
    20 MPH UNTIL 1500 HOURS SHIFTING TO THE WEST
    6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 17 TO 22 MPH UNTIL 1600 HOURS
    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS LIFTING TO 5500 FT AGL BY
    1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 13 MPH
    UNTIL 2000 HOURS BECOMING NORTHEAST AND
    INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH
    BY 0100 HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL
    1900 HOURS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH
    UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL EARLY FALLING TO 500 FT AGL OR
    LESS BY 2100 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...JIM HARRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120530.SLRDP.01/LOX

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