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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRINGS...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
427 PM PDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1551 PDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY
   NORTHEAST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...

.DISCUSSION...AN ONSHORE PUSH WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE BURN
AREA FROM 4 PM THROUGH 6 PM AND PERSIST THROUGH 8 PM. THIS
ONSHORE PUSH WILL LIKELY EXTEND THROUGH A DEPTH OF AROUND 2000
FEET...WITH OFFSHORE WINDS PERSISTING ABOVE THAT LEVEL. THE
ONSHORE PUSH WILL BRING A SLIGHT RECOVERY OF HUMIDITIES DURING THE
EVENING HOURS...BUT WILL LOWER RAPIDLY BACK INTO SINGLE DIGITS
LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE FLOW REVERSES TO OFFSHORE.
PEAK OFFSHORE WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AM AND NOON
FRIDAY...WITH A MORE PRONOUNCED ONSHORE PUSH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SIMILAR HOT TEMPERATURES AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LINGER
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65...EXCEPT 70-75 HIGHER PEAKS.
MAX HUMIDITY........20-30 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO
                    5-10 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPCANYON 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BETWEEN
                    5-8 PM SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST 5-10 PM BY 9 PM
                    INCREASING TO 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH
                    BETWEEN 5-8 PM SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST 8-15 MPH
                    BY 9 PM...INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........3 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
                    BECOMING UPCANYON 8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    35 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...JIM NORRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130502.SPRIN.03/LOX