Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
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Spot Forecast for Valyermo RXB3...USFS
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
405 PM PST Thu Jan 22 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PST on January 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Clear skies with mainly light winds are expected through the period.
Southwest to west winds will persist through Friday evening, with
northeast winds developing Saturday afternoon. Eye level winds are
expected to be well below the burn thresholds of 10 mph. Minimum
humidities will remain near 50 percent, although dropping some on
Saturday as a result of offshore winds. More significant drying will
occur Sunday into early next week.
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........43 at ignition...Max 54-58.
RH..................95 percent at ignition...Min 50-55 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest 3 to 5 mph at
ignition...becoming west winds 6 to 8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest 4 to 6 mph becoming west 8 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL at ignition...rising to 5800 ft
AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 mph at ignition... becoming west
6 to 9 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........Min 37-40.
RH..................Max 95-100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds 3 to 5 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming variable 3 mph or less.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph in the evening and
overnight becoming light.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL lowering to 2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 12 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........Max 48-52.
RH..................Min 42-48 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northeast 3 to 5 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph in
the late morning and afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 3 to 5 mph becoming northeast
5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL rising to 7300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North to northeast 12 to 16 mph.
$$
Forecaster...SMITH/PHILLIPS
Requested by...Tyler Buck
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600903.0/LOX
.DELDT 01/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Gabriel.Gudino@usda.gov,James.Cunningham@usda.gov,Tyler.buck@usda.gov