Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
705 FNUS76 KLOX 282301 FWSLOX Spot Forecast for Whitney VMP...CAL FIRE National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 350 PM PDT Tue May 28 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...A strong onshore flow in place the last several days will weaken for the latter half of the week as a northerly surface pressure gradient develops in the wake of weak and dying cold front boundary. A warming and drying trend will establish over the burn area with a low-to-moderate of brief critical fire weather conditions developing each afternoon and evening. Less marine influence is likely on Wednesday over the coming days, but good overnight humidity recoveries are still expected despite very dry values during the daytime hours. It should be noted that humidity will recover early in the evening on Wednesday night, then decline through the night. There is a good chance that a southwest wind could prevail on Thursday evening, bring better humidity recoveries on Thursday night. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....83 to 87 degrees. Min humidity........16 to 20 percent. Eye level winds.....Light and variable winds up to 3 mph until 1500 hours becoming northwest to north winds 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 10 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Downslope/downvalley winds 3 to 6 mph until 1000 hours, becoming north 5 to 9 mph until 1500 hours. Then, becoming northwest to north winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest to north 8 to 15 mph with gusts to 22 mph. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL or less until 0900 hours, lifting to 5000-5500 ft AGL by 1400 hours. TIME (PDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........3 3 2 2 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............51 67 76 84 RH..............60 31 24 19 20 FT wind......VRB 4 N 6G7 N 9 NW 10G17 Eye level wind..VRB 2 N 4 N 5 NW 5G9 Ridgetop wind...NW 12G18 NW 9G14 N 8G12 NW 9G14 Mix hgt (ft)....400 1400 3800 5300 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear. Min temperature.....51 to 55 degrees. Max humidity........57 to 61 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest to north winds 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 10 mph until 2100 hours shifting to the northeast 3 to 6 mph overnight. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest to north winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph until 2100 hours shifting to the northeast 5 to 9 mph with occasional gusts to 14 mph overnight. Ridgetop wind.......North winds 6 to 12 mph. Mixing height.......2500-3500 ft AGL early, falling to 1000 ft AGL or less. TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM Sky (%).........0 0 1 1 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............80 67 58 54 RH..............36 57 52 46 20 FT wind......NW 12G17 NW 5G9 NE 7G12 NE 8G13 Eye level wind..NW 6G9 NW 3G5 NE 4G6 NE 4G7 Ridgetop wind...N 12 N 8 N 6 N 8 Mix hgt (ft)....3500 1700 1000 700 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....85 to 89 degrees. Min humidity........11 to 15 percent. Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 3 to 7 mph until 1100 hours becoming west to northwest winds 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 10 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 10 mph with occasional gusts to 14 mph until 1100 hours becoming west to northwest winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph. Ridgetop wind.......North to northeast 8 to 15 mph with gusts to 22 mph. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL or less until 0900 hours, lifting to 4500-5000 ft AGL by 1400 hours. TIME (PDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........1 1 10 10 Weather cov..... Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Temp............52 64 76 87 RH..............41 34 24 15 20 FT wind......NE 4G9 NE 5G10 NE 4G6 NW 10G16 Eye level wind..NE 3G5 NE 3G5 NE 3 NW 5G8 Ridgetop wind...NE 9G14 NE 14G20 NE 12G16 N 8G12 Mix hgt (ft)....600 1000 3000 4900 $$ Forecaster...HALL Requested by...Lee Elliott Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415114.0/LOX .DELDT 05/28/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL lee.elliott@fire.ca.gov