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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRINGS...VTU COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1035 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1006 PDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...STILL EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO BE THROUGH LATE
THIS MORNING WITH MAXIMUM GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THERE IS A 70% CHANCE
THAT WINDS AT THE FIRE LOCATION WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO
WEST BY AROUND 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON AS POINT MUGU IS ALREADY
SHOWING WINDS FROM THE SSW. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AS THE WIND
BECOMES WESTERLY...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 15 MPH AND GUSTS TO
25 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE LOWER SINGLE
DIGITS AND EXPECT THEM TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH THE WIND SHIFT.

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE SEA BREEZE
PERSISTS...AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE NORTHEAST EARLY
FRIDAY. HOWEVER...STILL DO NOT EXPECT THE OFFSHORE WINDS TO BE AS
STRONG FRIDAY MORNING. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT WILL BE
POOR...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND EXPECT TO SEE
LOWER SINGLE DIGITS AGAIN BY MID-MORNING FRIDAY. BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST AND
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AND FRIDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........4 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
                    MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    45 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST 8 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10 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 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SMITH/KITTELL
REQUESTED BY...MIKE L
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130502.SPRIN.02/LOX