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SPOT FORECAST FOR POWERHOUSE...USFS ANGELES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
422 AM PDT TUE JUN 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1823 PDT ON JUNE 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

.DISCUSSION...A STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE BURN AREA WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES
DOWN TO THE TEENS TODAY. WINDS SHOULD BE A BIT WEAKER THIS MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT INTENSIFY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER HUMIDITY RECOVERY AFTER
MIDNIGHT TO AROUND 55 PERCENT AS THE NORTHWEST FLOW FILTERS IN THE
HIGHER HUMIDITIES FROM THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TONIGHT.
THIS WIND PATTERN IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
THURSDAY...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW
OVERALL WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN IN THE 80S AS A BROAD UPPER TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION
THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK...SO NOT ANTICIPATING A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH 1000 HOURS. WINDS WILL THEN
                    BECOME WEST TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH THROUGH 2100 HOURS. WINDS
                    WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 12 TO
                    20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 35
                    MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH
                    EARLY...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH
                    AROUND MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...RON WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130617.POWER.01/LOX