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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHILAO...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1021 PM PST WED FEB 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON FEBRUARY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA
WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING A
COLD...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO THE BURN AREA THROUGH
SATURDAY. AN INCREASING CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH SATURDAY...STRONGEST ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN COLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN
WARM FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
x09x09    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-31 PERCENT AROUND IGNITION TIME...INCREASING
x09x09    THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH AT IGNITION
x09x09    TIME...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
x09x09    WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY 1400 HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
x09x09    30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY LIFTING TO 5500 FT AGL
x09x09    BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH AT IGNITION TIME
x09x09    INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY 1400 HOURS.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
x09x09    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
x09x09    TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1900 HOURS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
x09x09    TO SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL EARLY FALLING TO 1500 FT AFTER
x09x09    MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A
x09x09    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-39 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 5 MPH OR LESS UNTIL
x09x09    1000 HOURS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO
x09x09    15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. GUSTY AND
x09x09    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL EARLY LIFTING TO 11000 FT AGL BY
x09x09    1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST  20 TO 25 MPH.

FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...HECTOR SANCHEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130207.CHILA.04/LOX

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