Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
309 FNUS76 KLOX 282255 FWSLOX Spot Forecast for SBC-Hill Fire...Santa Barbara County National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 355 PM PDT Tue May 28 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Conditions this afternoon at the Hill Fire will be in the mid 80s with locally gusty west to northwest winds. Peak 20-ft winds will be around 18 mph through around 1700, then gradually decreasing through 2300. At that time winds will diminish and shift to an easterly direction, then will increase some from the north-NE Wednesday in the late morning and afternoon. Temperatures are expected to change little, but humidities are expected to lower to near 20 percent due to the offshore flow. Overnight recoveries tonight should be good, near 65 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....84-85. Min humidity........27-29 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 9 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 9 to 12 mph with gusts to 18 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph. Mixing height.......8500 ft AGL. Transport wind......North 10 mph. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Min temperature.....50-53. Max humidity........65-70 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 4 to 6 mph shifting to the northeast 2 to 4 mph overnight. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the northeast to east 5 to 7 mph after 2300. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 8 to 15 mph becoming northeast 6 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL lowering to 1100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 10 mph becoming northeast 6 mph. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....82-84. Min humidity........18-22 percent. Eye level winds.....East winds 3 to 4 mph becoming north to northeast 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 8 mph after 1100. Wind (20 ft)........East 5 to 7 mph becoming north to northeast winds 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 16 mph in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......East 6 to 8 mph becoming north to northeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 18 mph. Mixing height.......1200 ft AGL rising to 6200 ft AGL. $$ Forecaster...SMITH Requested by...Travis Ederer (Montecito Fire) Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2415234.0/LOX .DELDT 05/28/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Tederer@montecitofire.com