Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
847 FNUS76 KLOX 132149 FWSLOX Spot Forecast for Spring Drills...LACOFD National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 249 PM PDT Thu Jun 13 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on June 14. If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A pattern change is in store for the burn area as the low pressure system tracks off to the east. Expecting gusty northerly winds to develop Friday evening, which will allow relative humidities to fall to the teens Friday, with even drier conditions expected Saturday. Lower confidence in how strong the northwest winds will be Friday night, and could see sporadic northwest gusts to 15-20 mph linger past midnight. Temperatures will also trend warmer, peaking in the low 90s Friday, and near 96 Saturday. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Temperature.........66-68 at ignition...Max 93-95. RH..................50-55 percent at ignition...Min 14-19 percent. Eye level winds.....Winds southeast at 1 to 2 mph at ignition...becoming southwest 3 to 6 mph with gusts to 8 mph in the afternoon. Shifting to the northwest in the evening. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 2 to 5 mph at ignition...becoming southwest 6 to 12 mph with gusts to 16 mph in the afternoon. Shifting to the northwest in the evening. Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition, becoming 5900 ft AGL in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Temperature.........Min 63-65. RH..................Max 38-42 percent. Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph with gusts to 15 mph, decreasing to northwest 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 10 mph. Becoming south to southwest 2 to 4 mph after midnight. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 12 to 18 mph with gusts to 30 mph, decreasing to northwest 8 to 12 mph with gusts to 20 mph. Becoming south to southwest 5 to 8 mph after midnight. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL in the evening, becoming 900 ft AGL overnight. $$ Forecaster...PHILLIPS Requested by...Captain Kevin Montoya Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2415789.0/LOX .DELDT 06/13/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Kevin.montoya@fire.lacounty.gov