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SPOT FORECAST FOR MADISON FIRE...CA OTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
435 PM PDT MON APR 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1552 PDT ON APRIL 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW WITH A MARINE LAYER AROUND 2000
FEET DEEP IS EXPECTED TO BRING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG INTO THE BURN AREA
OVERNIGHT. ON TUESDAY MORNING...AN OFFSHORE WIND COMPONENT IS EXPECTED
TO SHRINK THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH AND SCOUR OUT THE MARINE CLOUDS BY
MID MORNING. THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE PERIMETER WILL LIKELY SEE
WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS DUE TO THE SHRINKAGE OF THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH AND
OFFSHORE INFLUENCE. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
TOWARDS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...STRENGTHENING ONSHORE
FLOW WILL BRING A RETURN OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WITH POSSIBLE DRIZZLE ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THERE WILL BE
A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR THE BURN AREA WITH THE BETTER THREAT OF
SHOWERS SOUTH AND EAST OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    5 TO 10 MPH LATE.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...CLEARING BY MID MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT AROUND 500 FEET...15 PERCENT AT 1500 FEET.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH BY
                    MID AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH BY MID AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...BATTALION CHIEF THOMAS MARCHANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130422.MADIS.02/LOX