FNUS76 KLOX 040750 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR TINTA...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1250 AM PDT MON JUN 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2328 PDT ON JUNE 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... .DISCUSSION... A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN AREA LATER TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THERE WILL BE MOSTLY WEAK ONSHORE FLOW. BEHIND THIS FRONT...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL DRY IN THE NORTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO THE 20S ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FURTHER DRYING WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY AND IT WILL BECOME MUCH WARMER AS WELL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72 TO 75 MIN HUMIDITY........30 TO 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........NORTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FEET AGL RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL BY NOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40 TO 43. MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATER IN THE EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATER IN THE EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FEET AGL LOWERING TO 300 FEET AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST WINDS 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....69 TO 72 MIN HUMIDITY........22 TO 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. RIDGETOP...........NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FEET AGL RISING TO 20OO FEET AGL BY NOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 21 TO 22 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RORKE/BRUNO REQUESTED BY...YVONNE SCOTT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120603.TINTA.01/LOX