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FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TAFT...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
445 PM PDT THU JUL 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JULY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA WILL
BEGIN TO RETREAT TO THE SOUTHEAST TODAY...AS AN UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHING CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BRINGS A DRYING SOUTHWEST FLOW TO
THE AREA NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BEGIN
TO CLEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO NEAR 90
DEGREES. A RATHER SHALLOW MARINE LAYER WILL MIX OUT BY LATE
MORNING AS SOUTHWEST FLOW INCREASES ALOFT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 1500-2300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...DAVID FOWLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120713.TAFT_.01/LOX