FNUS76 KSGX 041643 FWSSGX SPOT FORECAST FOR OCFA SAR...CNTY ORNG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 943 AM PDT THU APR 4 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0850 PDT ON APRIL 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... FOR TODAY...LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS REGION TODAY WILL DEEPEN MARINE LAYER...BRINGING COOLER AND MORE HUMID AIR ACROSS INCIDENT SEAR AREA TODAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES COOLER AND HUMIDITY ABOUT 20 PERCENT HIGHER. FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF DRIZZLE/LIGHT RAIN...AND DENSE FOG. EXPECT TERRAIN TO BE OBSCURED IN CLOUDS/FOG AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1100 AND 5000 FEET MSL... STARTING AT 1700 PDT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH 1000 PDT FRIDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 1100 PDT-1400 PDT FRIDAY THE BASE OF THESE CLOUDS SHOULD LIFT ABOVE 4000 FEET MSL AND BEGAN TO BREAK UP. FRIDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDING ACROSS THE AREA WILL LOWER THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH AND WARM AND DRY UPPER ELEVATIONS OF SEARCH AREA. ANY RETURN OF FOG OR SOLID OVERCAST CLOUDS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 2000 FEET MSL AND DURING THE HOURS OF 2300 PDT TO 0900 PDT EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ABOUT 2 DEGREES ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...COOLER TEMPERATURES...RETURN OF CLOUDS/FOG ACROSS ENTIRE SEARCH AREA...AND STRONGER WINDS AS ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS REGION. WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER NEVADA WILL PRODUCE DRIER CONDITIONS WITH WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA WINDS. WIND SHELTERED AREAS WILL HAVE MUCH COOLER NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM 10 TO 15 DEGREES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 CANYON BOTTOM...61 UPPER SLOPES. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. RIDGETOP.........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 10 MPH. CHC WETTING RAIN....5 PERCENT. LAL.................1. TIME (PDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........44 44 44 54 54 54 54 54 54 52 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY SCH WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG RW TEMP............55 58 63 67 71 74 74 74 74 72 RH..............78 68 58 49 43 38 38 39 39 43 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. PATCHY DRIZZLE LATE IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........WINDS WEST 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGETOP.........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHC WETTING RAIN....10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........52 52 52 52 52 91 91 91 91 91 91 93 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH PTY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW DZL TEMP............68 65 61 60 59 57 56 56 55 54 54 54 RH..............50 59 68 73 78 83 86 88 91 93 93 93 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........WINDS SOUTHEAST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE MORNING. RIDGETOP.........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC WETTING RAIN....10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........93 93 93 93 93 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....DZL DZL DZL DZL DZL TEMP............54 53 54 57 61 64 68 70 70 70 70 68 RH..............94 96 91 81 71 62 56 51 51 51 51 54 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 52. HIGHS AROUND 73. WINDS WEST 5 MPH. .SUNDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. LOWS AROUND 53. HIGHS AROUND 78. WINDS SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. .MONDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 55. HIGHS AROUND 74. WINDS SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20130404.OCFAS.01/SGX