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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