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Spot Forecast for Frazier RX...USFS Los Padres NF
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
1030 AM PDT Tue May 28 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Northwest winds will be increasing later today and peak later
tonight into early Wednesday. These winds will be decreasing through
the ignition time but will stay gusty through the day. Moderate
confidence on speeds (plus or minus 5 mph) and timing (plus or minus
2 hours). High confidence in much weaker winds on Thursday, with
more of a easterly component. Lower confidence on humidities (plus
or minus 10 percent), as the there a large variation with a small
elevation difference. Note, removed ridgetop winds as they would be
identical to the 20-foot winds based on the burn location.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........50-52 at 8am. Max 60-62.
Humidity............40-50 percent at 8am. Min 25-35 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph through 9am,
                    becoming 7 mph with gusts to 11 mph by noon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph through 9am,
                    becoming 14 mph with gusts to 22 mph by noon.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL early becoming 4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15-25 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....40-42.
Max humidity........55-65 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 8 mph with gusts to 12 mph becoming
                    North 2 mph with gusts to 5 mph late.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph becoming
                    North 5 mph with gusts to 10 mph late.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL early becoming 800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 15-25 mph early becoming north 5-10 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....67-69.
Min humidity........20-30 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast 3 mph with gusts to 6 mph becoming
                    southeast 2 mph with gusts to 5 mph by noon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 6 mph with gusts to 12 mph becoming
                    southeast 5 mph with gusts to 10 mph by noon.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL early becoming 6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5-10 mph early becoming south 5-10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...KITTELL
Requested by...Seth Mitchell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415051.2/LOX
.DELDT 05/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL seth.mitchell@usda.gov