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Spot Forecast for Spring Drills...CNTY LAC
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
1233 PM PDT Mon May 27 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on May 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Increasing upper level heights will lead to a slight warming and
drying for Tuesday. RHs will be lower than previous days, with a
daytime minimum in the low 40s expected, but there is a 20% chance
of a minimum RH in the upper 30s. Winds will follow a fairly typical
diurnal pattern, peaking in the late morning through the afternoon
with gusts up to around 15 mph from the SE to SW direction.

Looking ahead, Wednesday strong upper level winds will increase
winds at the burn area. Wednesday morning W to NW gusts of 20 to 25
mph will be possible.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........62 to 64 at ignition...Max 78 to 80.
RH..................55 to 65 percent at ignition...Min 40 to 45
                    percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast under 4 mph with gusts to 6 mph at
                    ignition, becoming Southwest 3 to 5 mph with
                    gusts to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast at 5 to 8 mph with gusts to 12 mph at
                    ignition, becoming Southwest 6 to 10 mph with
                    gusts to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL at ignition...becoming 5000 ft
                    AGL in the afternoon.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Temperature.........Min 52 to 55.
RH..................Max 70 to 80 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest to west winds 3 to 5 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest to west winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL in the evening, becoming 1000 ft
                    AGL overnight.

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Forecaster...SCHOENFELD
Requested by...Captain Kevin Montoya
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2415067.0/LOX
.DELDT 05/27/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Kevin.montoya@fire.lacounty.gov