FNUS76 KSGX 221939 CCA FWSSGX SPOT FORECAST FOR CORTE MADERA BURN...CDF SDU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1138 AM PST TUE JAN 22 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON JANUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT IS BREAKING DOWN WEDNESDAY AS A TROUGH APPROACHES THE CALIFORNIA. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL STILL BE QUITE LOW OVER THE BURN ELEVATIONS...BUT THE GENERAL AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE WINDS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 15 MPH AND THE EXTENSIVE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AREA ALSO EXPECTED TO CAUSE LESS SUNSHINE AND SLOPE WINDS TO BE ABOUT HALF AS STRONG. SO FOR WEDNESDAY EXPECT CONTINUED DRY BUT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT STILL CLOUDY BUT VERY DRY WITH GENERAL AND TRANSPORT WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. FOR THURSDAY...WIND DIRECTION SHIFTS TOWARDS SOUTH...MIGHT SEE MORE SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON SO OVERALL WINDS MAY BE A BIT HIGHER... HOWEVER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES COOLER AND HUMIDITY ABOUT 15 PERCENT HIGHER. FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY A WEAK TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE BURN SITE. EXPECT COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT RAIN LIKELY...HOWEVER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. FOR SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY...TWO COLD FRONTS MOVE ACROSS THE BURN SITE...EACH ONE HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF DROPPING WETTING RAINS...OVER A TENTH OF AN INCH. .TODAY/WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...CLOUDS ABOVE 15000 FT MSL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WIND...... SLOPES...........DOWNSLOPE/EAST 2 TO 3 TIL MID MORNING...THEN UPSLOPE/WEST SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0930 PST...LIFTING TO 4000 FT AGL FROM 1000 THRU 1500 PST...THEN LOWERING AFTER 1600 PST TO 500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (PST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........28 28 28 28 41 41 41 41 41 41 56 56 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 48 52 57 61 64 66 66 65 63 61 59 RH..............27 28 26 22 19 17 16 16 17 18 19 21 EYE LEVEL WINDS... DIRECTION.......NE NE E E S S S SW SW SW W W SPEED...........3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 GUSTS...........5 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...CLOUDS ABOVE 8000 FT MSL. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WIND................ SLOPES...........DOPWNSLOPE/NORTHEAST 1-2 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. TIME (PST) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........56 56 59 59 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 54 53 48 RH..............22 26 38 67 EYE LEVEL WINDS... DIRECTION.......W NE NE NE SPEED...........2 1 1 1 GUSTS...........5 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WIND....... SLOPES...........DOWNSLOPE/NORTHEAST 2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING... UPSLOPE/SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL...BECOMING 3000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (PST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........61 61 62 62 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 54 59 58 RH..............68 45 32 32 EYE LEVEL WIND.... DIRECTION.......NE E W SW SPEED...........2 1 2 4 GUSTS...........4 3 5 10 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 49. HIGHS AROUND 59. WINDS SOUTHEAST 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS AROUND 43. HIGHS AROUND 51. WINDS WEST 10 MPH. .SUNDAY... CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 39. HIGHS AROUND 47. WINDS SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR REQUESTED BY...PETE SCULLY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130124.CORTE.01/SGX