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Spot Forecast for Gifford Fire...USFS LPF
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
555 PM PDT Fri Aug 1 2025

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warmer and drier conditions through the weekend will continue to
bring the potential for vertical plume growth each afternoon and evening
through the weekend, as mixing heights continue to trend higher. The
onshore winds on Saturday and Sunday afternoon/evening will have
a more west to northwest direction and will be slightly stronger
than today, with gusts mostly in the 15 to 20 mph range, and slightly
higher across ridgetops. A shallower marine layer will prevent any
low clouds and fog from reaching the fire location through the
weekend. There is expected to be good humidity recovery overnight
but will continue to trend drier at night through the weekend.
After a slight cooling trend on Monday and Tuesday, the upper level
ridge of high pressure is expected to rebuild across Southwest
California, leading to some warming and drying Wednesday through
Friday, with the potential for minimum humidities to fall to
around 15 percent.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....85 at 1800, min 55.
Max humidity........30 percent at 1800, max 70 percent.
Eye level winds.....West 2 to 3 mph with gusts to 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming east to southeast 2 to 3 mph after midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........West 4 to 6 mph with gusts to 10 mph in the
                    evening becoming east to southeast 3 to 5 mph
                    after midnight.
Ridgetop wind.......West 5 to 9 mph with gusts to 12 mph
                    in the evening becoming east 4 to 7 mph
                    after midnight.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at 1800 lowering to around 1000
                    ft AGL late.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming
                    east 3 to 5 mph after midnight.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 97.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast to east 2 to 3 mph shifting to the
                    west to northwest 3 to 6 mph with gusts to 9 mph
                    by 1200.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast to east 3 to 5 mph shifting to the
                    west to northwest 6 to 12 mph with gusts to 17 mph
                    by 1200.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 4 to 7 mph shifting to the northwest 8 to
                    14 mph with gusts to 20 mph by 1200.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at 0600, rising to 9000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 5 mph shifting to northwest 10 to 15
                    mph in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........50 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 3 to 4 mph with gusts to 6 mph in the
                    evening becoming east 2 to 3 mph with gusts to
                    4 mph after midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5 to 7 mph with gusts to 12 mph in the
                    evening becoming east 3 to 5 mph with gusts to 8 mph
                    after midnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 6 to 10 mph with gusts to 15 mph in
                    the evening becoming northeast 4 to 7 mph with
                    gusts to 10 mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at 1800 lowering to around 1000
                    ft AGL late.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming
                    northeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....Around 96.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast to east 2 to 4 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 4 to 7 mph with gusts to 10 mph
                    by 1200.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast to east 4 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 8 to 14 mph with gusts to 20 mph
                    by 1200.
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast 4 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest
                    10 to 15 mph with gusts to 22 mph by 1200.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL at 0600, rising to 8500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast 4 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest
                    10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

.OUTLOOK (MONDAY-FRIDAY)...

.MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
Slight cooling trend but continued dry. Gusty onshore winds continue afternoon
and evening hours.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
Warming trend with further drying. Temperatures could rise into the mid to upper
90s and minimum humidity levels could fall to around 15 percent by Thursday
and Friday. Continued gusty onshore winds each afternoon and evening.

$$
Forecaster...GOMBERG
Requested by...Samantha Tuleya
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2519039.0/LOX
.DELDT 08/01/25
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.EMAIL vincent.montes@usda.gov,phillip.hernandez@usda.gov,samantha.tuleya@usda.gov,Nicole.Gaudenti@usda.gov,peter.stephenson@usda.gov