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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIHUAHUA FIRE...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1137 AM PDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON UPDATE TIME OF 1130 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP DRIER...WARMER CONDITIONS TODAY. CUMULUS HAS
ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE LIKELY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SIMILAR IMPACTS AND COVERAGE TO
YESTERDAY IS EXPECTED. WHILE SOME PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM ANY
THUNDERSTORMS...THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS FROM
LIGHTNING STRIKES CONTINUES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY
                    SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....99.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WINDS SOUTHEAST 5 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 10
MPH                     EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHC WETTING RAIN....10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL...BECOMING 4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN...BECOMING 13500 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...BECOMING 10500 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 MPH.

TIME (PDT)      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........39        39
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE
TEMP............98        99
RH..............23        24
20 FT WIND DIR..S         N
20 FT WIND SPD..0         4
20 FT WIND GUST.          10
EYE LVL WND DIR.S         N
EYE LVL WND SPD.0         4
EYE LVL WND GST.         10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WINDS NORTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 5 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
CHC WETTING RAIN....5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10500 FT AGL...BECOMING 500-1500 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 MPH.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
SKY (%).........38        38        15        15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TEMP............97        81        77        75
RH..............23        40        43        41
20 FT WIND DIR..NW        NW        N         NE
20 FT WIND SPD..8         4         0         0
20 FT WIND GUST.10        5
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW        NW        N         NE
EYE LVL WND SPD.8         4         0         0
EYE LVL WND GST.10        5

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FORECASTER...TINA STALL
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMMANDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.CHIHU.02/SGX