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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRINGS...VENTURA COUNTY FIRE DEPT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
851 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WITH EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE PEAK IN WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING
TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE RIDGES
TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. HUMIDITIES NEAR THE BURN
AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A
WEAK SEA BREEZE IS LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WESTERLY
WINDS IN THE COASTAL PLAINS AND POSSIBLY INTO THE CONEJO VALLEY.
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT WILL BE POOR AS WINDS WILL RETURN
OFFSHORE THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND EXPECT THAT MINIMUM HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER ON FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS UP
TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BY LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST TO WEST. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE
AREA DURING THE PERIOD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-8 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    45 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO
                    20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........4-7 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 T0 20 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE MORNING WITH
                    BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL OROZCO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130502.SPRIN.01/LOX