FNUS76 KLOX 050439
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ROCK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
939 PM PDT SAT MAY 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2049 PDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE TOWARD
THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT. A DEEPENING MARINE LAYER WILL PUSH LOW CLOUDS AND FOG
THROUGH THE VALLEYS TO THE INTERIOR MOUNTAIN SLOPES OVERNIGHT. BY
SUNDAY MORNING PATCHY DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE FOOTHILLS.
THE MOIST MARINE AIR WILL BRING MUCH IMPROVED HUMIDITY RECOVERIES
TO THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE
EVENING ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS
AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SHOWERS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA ON
TUESDAY. ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
PERIOD...BUT RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORMY PATTERN...WITH DAYTIME
HIGHS IN THE 60S MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SOME DRIZZLE TOWARDS DAWN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44 TO 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 T0 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 12
                    TO 18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    A FEW HOURS PAST NOON. PATCHY DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 TO 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15
                    TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL BY NOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RORKE
REQUESTED BY...IC MURRAY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130504.ROCK_.01/LOX