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Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA

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FNUS76 KLOX 222212
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SPOT FORECAST FOR DEL VALLE...CNTY LAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
312 PM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MAY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL FORM OVER THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE I-5 CORRIDOR. A DEEP
MARINE LAYER WILL KEEP MOST OF THESE WINDS OUT OF THE SANTA
CLARITA VALLEY...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE NORTHERLY
WINDS WILL PUSH INTO THE BURN SITE THURSDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...THURSDAY SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY IN TERMS
OF TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES...EXCEPT FOR SOME
DRYING...ESPECIALLY IF THE MARINE LAYER STAYS TO THE SOUTH. GUSTY
ONSHORE WINDS EXPECTED TO RETURN ON FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION. MAX 79.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION. MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND................
 EYE-LEVEL..........NORTH 4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 6 MPH AT IGNITION.
                    OTHERWISE NORTH 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTH 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION.
                    OTHERWISE 1000 FT RISING TO 6000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND................
 EYE-LEVEL..........SOUTHWEST 3 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNVALLEY 2 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 1000-2600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING LOWERING TO
                    1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...KITTELL
REQUESTED BY...DAN KOCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130523.DELVA.01/LOX