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SPOT FORECAST FOR COPCO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
712 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1805 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM PDT
WEDNESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL INCREASE
MIDDLE-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER THE BURN AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE INSTABILITY MOVING OVER THE AREA
COULD INTERACT WITH THE MOISTURE TO BRING ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LITTLE RAIN...AND GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS OVER THE FIRE AREA
BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A COOLER AIR
MASS SHOULD USHER IN WITH THE TROUGH PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH COOLER BUT PREDOMINANTLY DRY CONDITIONS OCCURRING ON
THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD REDEVELOP FOR LATE WEEK BRINGING A
SLIGHT WARMING TREND.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL
    0900 HOURS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY
    AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS UNTIL 0900 HOURS...LIFTING
    TO 11000 FT AGL BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST AROUND 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-59 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 2000
    HOURS...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 3 TO
    5 MPH UNTIL 0000 HOURS. THEN...NORTHWEST TO
    NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL EARLY FALLING TO 1000 FT AGL OR LESS
    BY 0100 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 2000 HOURS...BECOMING
    NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-92 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
    TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1200 HOURS...BECOMING SOUTH TO
    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL OR LESS UNTIL 0900 HOURS...LIFTING
    TO 10000 FT AGL BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH UNTIL 0900 HOURS...BECOMING
    SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS MAKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.COPCO.01/LOX

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