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FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRANCH...USFS LPF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
620 PM PDT SUN JUN 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1736 PDT ON JUNE 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IN PLACE WILL BRING IMPROVED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE BURN AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. A WEAK
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SHOULD PERMIT A COOLER AND MORE MOIST
PATTERN THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY OR
THURSDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE BURN AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE
MARINE LAYER STRATUS DECK COULD INTRUDE INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
OF THE FIRE...ALLOWING FOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES NEAR 90 PERCENT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TROUGHS
MOVEMENT...A WARMING AND DRYING TREND COULD DEVELOP AS SOON AS
WEDNESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH UNTIL 2300 HOURS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
x09x09    10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH UNTIL 2100
x09x09    HOURS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500-5500 FT AGL EARLY FALLING TO 1000 FT AGL
x09x09    OR LESS BY 2300 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH UNTIL 2100
x09x09    HOURS...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG POSSIBLE
x09x09    THE LOWER SLOPES OF THE BURN AREA THROUGH 0800
x09x09    HOURS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE 5 MPH OR LESS UNTIL 0900
x09x09    HOURS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
x09x09    GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY 1200 HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL
x09x09    1400 HOURS...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10
x09x09    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL OR LESS UNTIL 0900 HOURS...
x09x09    LIFTING TO 2500 FT AGL BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...MATT DAVID
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130602.BRANC.01/LOX

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