FNUS76 KLOX 071141
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BRANCH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
441 AM PDT FRI JUN 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2044 PDT ON JUNE 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TODAY CAUSING
TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S AROUND THE BURN
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY.
THERE WILL BE SOME MODEST RH RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT. FOR
SATURDAY...SIMILAR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES MAYBE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER. THERE SHOULD BE A
BETTER RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PUSHES ASHORE FROM JUST OFF THE COAST.
EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO LOWER INTO THE 80S ON SUNDAY WITH A
COOLER PATTERN AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEAK AS A TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94-98 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH AT 1200 HOUR. THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH AT 1400 HOURS.

 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AOB 500 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 5500 FT
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-66 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE 3 MPH AFTER 2200
                    HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER AFTER
                    2200 HOURS...THEN EAST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH
                    AFTER 0500 HOURS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 2500 FT IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO
                    AOB 500 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE 2 TO 4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93-97 DEGREES
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING WEST TO
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    AFTER 1200 HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING WEST TO
                    SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AOB 500 FT IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    3000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 MPH.


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FORECASTER...KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...BRANCH IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130606.BRANC.01/LOX