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SPOT FORECAST FOR GETTY...LOS ANGELES CITY FD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
728 PM PDT FRI SEP 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1832 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL PRODUCE DRY AND WARM
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BURN AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN UPPER-
LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE WESTERN
STATES. POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL OCCUR
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF THE BURN AREA. MODERATE OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOWER COASTAL SLOPES OF THE BURN AREA. THERE IS
A CHANCE THAT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES COULD BE MUCH POORER THAN
FORECAST...IN THE 25 TO 29 PERCENT RANGE. ANOTHER WARM DAY IS
FORECAST FOR THE AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH HUMIDITIES DIPPING INTO
THE TEENS AS EARLY AS 1000 HOURS. OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD BREAK DOWN
BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES EAST AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT RETURNS. THE FLOW SHOULD TURN
ONSHORE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....75-79 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........36-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
x09x09    15 MPH UNTIL 2000 HOURS...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/
 x09x09    DOWNVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 2300 HOURS. THEN...
x09x09    BECOMING NORTHEAST TO EAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
x09x09    TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 2100 HOURS...THEN
x09x09    BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
x09x09    TO 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....97-101 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
x09x09    TO 20 MPH  UNTIL 1100 HOURS...BECOMING
x09x09    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 1300 HOURS.
x09x09    THEN...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
x09x09    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15
x09x09    MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO
x09x09    15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AROUND 1400 HOURS.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....68-72 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
x09x09    15 MPH UNTIL 2000 HOURS...BECOMING NORTHWEST TO
x09x09    NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH UNTIL
x09x09    2400 HOURS. THEN...BECOMING NORTHEAST TO EAST 5
x09x09    TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
x09x09    TO 20 MPH UNTIL 2300 HOURS...THEN BECOMING EAST TO
x09x09    SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
x09x09    TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1100 HOURS...BECOMING
x09x09    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 1200 HOURS.
x09x09    THEN...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
x09x09    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
x09x09    MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO
x09x09    15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AROUND 1300 HOURS.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...CAPT  CURRY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120914.GETTY.01/LOX

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