FNUS76 KLOX 190249
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CALF...CDF SLU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
749 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1921 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...REMNANT MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE FABIO WILL STREAM
OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD
TONIGHT IN THE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW...RESULTING IN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND POTENTIALLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL
END QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED TO PREVAIL
THROUGH THE EVENING.

TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER WITH AN ASSOCIATED
DECREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    (LAL 3).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    (LAL 2).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-4 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH
                    GUST 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-8 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL...RISING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...THOMPSON
REQUESTED BY...DAVE FOWLER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120718.CALF_.02/LOX