Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
332 FNUS76 KLOX 140105 FWSLOX Spot Forecast for LPF Fire School W2-3...Los Padres NF National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 605 PM PDT Thu Jun 13 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on June 14. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Mostly clear skies are expected, along with a pattern change that will bring increasing temperatures, dry air and breezy winds. Minimum relative humidities are expected to fall to the low teens to upper single digits, with moderate to good overnight recoveries. Lower confidence in wind speeds Friday night, which may be 5 to 10 mph stronger than forecast at times. The burn area could see sporadic northerly gusts throughout the night. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 99-100. RH..................60-65 percent at ignition...Min 9-12 percent. Eye level winds.....Winds northwest at 1 to 3 mph at ignition, becoming northwest winds 4 to 7 mph. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 3 to 6 mph at ignition, becoming northwest winds 8 to 15 mph. Ridgetop wind.......Winds northwest at 3 to 6 mph at ignition, becoming northwest winds 10 to 18 mph. Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL at ignition, becoming 9200 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 5 mph becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph late in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Temperature.........Min 53-54. RH..................12-15 percent early, Max 50-60 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 4 to 7 mph with gusts to 11 mph, becoming northwest 2 to 5 mph with gusts to 7 mph overnight. Decreasing to 1 to 4 mph after 3 am. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 15 mph with gusts to 22 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph overnight. Decreasing to 3 to 8 mph after 3 am. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 10 to 18 mph with gusts to 25 mph, becoming northwest 6 to 12 mph with gusts to 18 mph overnight. Decreasing to 4 to 9 mph after 3 am. Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL in the evening, becoming 700 ft AGL overnight. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 mph after 3 am. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Temperature.........Max 95-96. RH..................Min 10-13 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 3 to 6 mph increasing to 5 to 7 mph late in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph late in the afternoon. Ridgetop wind.......Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph increasing to 12 to 18 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL early, becoming 8600 ft AGL in afternoon. Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming 15 mph in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...PHILLIPS Requested by...Seth Mitchell Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2416045.1/LOX .DELDT 06/13/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL seth.mitchell@usda.gov