FNUS76 KSGX 261035
FWSSGX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GUN WILDFIRE...SBNF LYT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
335 AM PDT TUE MAR 26 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0600 PDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RIDGE AND AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING BY TO THE
NORTH BROUGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO INCIDENT AREA
OVERNIGHT. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE HUMIDITY DROPPED BELOW 5 PERCENT AND
SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING 15 TO 20 MPH.

TODAY...HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER AND MOISTER AIR WILL BE MOVING ACROSS
THE AREA. BY LATE MORNING THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW 10 MPH AND
BY NOON THE HUMIDITY SHOULD RISE ABOVE 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE UP FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AND ACROSS THE INCIDENT. EXPECT LESS WIND...HIGHER
HUMIDITY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62.
MIN HUMIDITY........11 PERCENT EARLY THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    22 PERCENT BY NOON.
EYE LEVEL WIND................
   SLOPES...........WINDS WEST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0900 PDT...THEN
                    3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (PDT)      5AM 8AM 11A 2PM 5PM
SKY (%).........35  35  27  27  31
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............48  50  55  61  55
RH..............11  13  22  22  22
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW  W   N   SW  W
EYE LVL WND SPD.5   4   1   3   5
EYE LVL WND GST.15  13  4   8   10


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WIND................
   SLOPES...........WEST 5 GUSTING 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10 GUSTING 20 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WIND................
   SLOPES...........VARIABLE/WEST 3 TO 5 MPH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST 7 MPH GUSTS 15 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL MID MORNING...THEN
                    5000 FT AGL LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...
                    THEN...BECOMING 3500 FT AGL LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


OUTLOOK...
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL
REBUILD OVER THE INCIDENT. THIS WILL CAUSE MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES
AND LOWER HUMIDITY.

ON SATURDAY...THE RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN AS A LATE SEASON STORM MOVES
TOWARDS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY.

SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WETTING RAIN WITH SNOW ABOVE 5800 FEET LIKELY
AS STORM TRACKS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

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FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR
REQUESTED BY...EDDIE DELGADO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130326.GUNWI.01/SGX