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SPOT FORECAST FOR POWERHOUSE...USFS ANGELES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1206 AM PDT MON JUN 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1828 PDT ON JUNE 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
PERSIST OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A TIGHT SURFACE
GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP CAUSING NORTHWEST WINDS TO STRENGTHEN
EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
INCREASING ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35
AND 40 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN MONDAY EVENING.
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS. HUMIDITIES
ARE FORECAST TO LOWER TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON WITH
MODEST RELATIVE RECOVERIES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG ON
TUESDAY...BUT EXPECT A CONTINUED WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND REGIME
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LITTLE HUMIDITY RECOVERY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH
                    GUSTS 35 MPH THROUGH 0900 HOURS. WINDS WILL
                    LOWER TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    40 MPH THROUGH MID MORNING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH 2000 HOURS...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    40 MPH THROUGH 0300 HOURS...THEN DIMINISH TO
                    10 TO 20 MPH.

 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    45 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 WITH
                    GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.


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FORECASTER...KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN GRANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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