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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
712 PM PDT MON MAY 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1844 PDT ON MAY 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ONSHORE FLOW HAS BEEN INCREASING ACROSS THE BURN AREA THIS
EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED AT RIDGETOP LEVEL. DEPSITE THE ONSHORE
FLOW...VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING...WITH POOR
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSING
TO OUR NORTH ON TUESDAY...WILL BRING STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW TO THE BURN
AREA...WITH ESPECIALLY GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL
ALSO BRING A COOLING TREND TO THE REGION WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN HUMIDITY
LEVELS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MAX HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING...BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FEET AGL IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000
                    FEET OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    WEST 3 TO 6 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 10000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO 15 TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...M  ALARID
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130513.HIGHW.01/LOX