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Spot Forecast for Santa Lucia...Santa Barbara County Fire Department
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Issued by National Weather Service San Diego CA
1021 PM PST Thu Nov 7 2024

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light east winds are expected Friday morning at the Santa Lucia Fire
location, becoming light northerly Friday night, followed by increasing
northwest winds on Saturday. Humidities will rise through the period,
from near 20 percent on Friday to between 35 to 40 percent on Saturday.
Low clouds and fog are expected to move over the area Friday night into
early Saturday, resulting in very good humidity recoveries. There is a
40 percent chance of recoveries up to 80 to 90 percent.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 70.
Min humidity........18-23 percent.
Eye level winds.....Variable winds 1 to 3 mph shifting to the
                    west 3 to 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 2 to 4 mph shifting to the west 8 to 10
                    mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......East winds 3 to 6 mph becoming west 10 to 15 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......AOB 1000 ft AGL rising to 3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast winds 6 mph becoming northwest 8 to 12 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent) then low clouds and
                    patchy fog after midnight.
Min temperature.....36-40.
Max humidity........70-74 percent.
Eye level winds.....Variable winds 3 mph or less.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest to north winds 3 to 5 mph becoming north
                    to northwest.
Ridgetop wind.......North winds 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......AOB 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 mph becoming northeast 3 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Low clouds (85-95 percent) then becoming sunny
                    (15-25 percent). Patchy fog in the morning.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........35-38 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 3 to 5 mph becoming northwest, then
                    becoming northwest 3 to 6 mph increasing to 10 to 15
                    mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 3 to 6 mph becoming northwest
                    12 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......AOB 1000 ft AGL rising to 2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 mph becoming west 8 to 12 mph.

$$
Forecaster...SMITH
Requested by...CRAIG HOBBS
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2426103.0/LOX
.DELDT 11/07/24
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.EMAIL chobbs@countyofsb.org