FNUS76 KLOX 020214
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ATLAS V LAUNCH...VANDENBERG AFB (AFV)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
714 PM PDT WED AUG 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1 AM PDT ON AUGUST 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE
MARINE LAYER INVERSION TO REMAIN QUITE SHALLOW OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. MAINLY BELOW 600 FT. LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
INLAND ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS WITH CLEARING TO THE COAST BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS. WITH THE SHALLOW INVERSION...EXPECT PATCHY TO AREAS OF DENSE
FOG WITH VISIBILITY LOWERING TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS A FEW HOURS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PATCHY DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT WITH
                    VISIBILITY LOWERING TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
                    MILE AFTER 200 HOURS.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MIN 50-52.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS VARIABLE TO NORTH 2-5 MPH AT IGNITION...
                   OTHERWISE WINDS NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS
                   EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 2100
                   HOURS.

 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS
                    EVENING...BECOMING NORTH 3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AOB 500 FT AT IGNITION...WITH NO CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NW WINDS 5 MPH.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING....THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY
                    BY LATE MORNING. PATCHY DENSE FOG FOR EARLY MORNING
                    HOURS WITH VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS BEFORE
                    600 HOURS. LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER ALONG THE COAST
                    THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LOW CLOUDS MOVING
                    INLAND LATE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 62-64.
RH..................MIN 70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH LATE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WINDS VARIABLE 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AOB 500 FT IN THE MORNING...ONLY INCREASING TO 800 FT
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 8 MPH.


.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PATCHY DENSE FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
                    VISIBILITY LOWERING TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
                    MILE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 14 MPH
                    EARLY EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH LATE
                    EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH EARLY EVENING...THEN NORTH
                    3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.

MIXING HEIGHT.......AOB 500 FT AT IGNITION...WITH NO CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NW WINDS 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...DAN ARDOIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120802.ATLAS.01/LOX