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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE...CNTY LAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
818 PM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1911 PDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND BRINGING WARMER AND DRIER
CONDITIONS EACH DAY ACROSS THE BURN AREA. A DEVELOPING NORTHERLY
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY...AND TREND EVEN TIGHTER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. BREEZY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIDGETOPS TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY MORNING...AND OCCASIONALLY SPILL OVER INTO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE. WIDESPREAD BREEZY TO LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BURN AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES...REMAINING GOOD
TONIGHT...WILL TREND LOWER ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE BURN AREA ON MONDAY.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
    MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........67-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 2100
    HOURS...BECOMING NORTHWEST TO NORTH AND
    INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
    25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1000 AGL OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
    NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER
    MIDNIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH UNTIL 2100
    HOURS...BECOMING NORTHWEST TO NORTH AND
    INCREASING TO 4 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
    15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-84 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
    GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1000 HOURS...BECOMING
    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1500 HOURS.
    THEN...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH
    GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH UNTIL NOON...BECOMING
    NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2500 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 5500
    FT AGL BY 1300 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1000
    HOURS THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH WITH
    GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1000 HOURS...BECOMING
    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 1500 HOURS.
    THEN...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH WITH
    GUSTS TO 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...DREW SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130517.LAKE_.01/LOX

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