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Spot Forecast for Ramona Fuelbreak Piles...USFS
National Weather Service San Diego CA
717 AM PDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on March 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Cloudy with chance of showers during the daytime hours with winds
increasing around noon out of the South at 10 to 15 mph, gusting
to 22 mph. Scattered showers possible this evening, then winds
pick up again in the overnight hours back to South 10-15, gusting
to 20 mph. The main cold front sweeps through between 6-10 AM
Thursday, bringing heavy rain and a slight chance for a
thunderstorm embedded within the front. Winds will pick up ahead
of the front to around 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph, then changing
over to westerly and remaining elevated throughout the day. Chance
for scattered showers and a thunderstorm in the late morning and
afternoon Thursday. Gusty and erratic winds possible near
thunderstorms.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy with showers. Scattered showers this evening.
Max temperature.....Around 59.
Min humidity........86 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming south up to 7 mph with
                    gusts to around 12 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to 15 in the
                    increasing to 10 to 15 mph, with gusts around
                    22 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South 15 to 20 mph shifting to 25 mph
                    in the afternoon.
CWR.................26 percent increasing to 53 percent late in the
                    morning, then decreasing to 34 percent late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 21 mph
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........91  91  91  91  90  90  90  90  90  90  91
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............48  50  51  54  56  57  57  58  57  57  56
RH..............100 100 100 96  89  87  88  86  87  89  90
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   7   9   10  12  13  13  13  12
20 FT wind gust.7   7   8   13  15  18  20  21  20  20  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   3   3   5   6   6   6   7   7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   6   9   11  11  11  12  12  12  12
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Ridge wind spd..15  15  20  20  20  25  25  25  25  25  25
CWR.............30  30  30  30  50  50  50  50  50  50  30

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain in the
                    evening, then rain late in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 43.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph
                    early in the evening then 24 mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 7 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
                    early in the evening then 25 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........South 20 to 25 mph increasing to southwest
                    around 40 mph.
CWR.................34 percent increasing to 100 percent late in
                    the evening.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 25 mph increasing to around 28 mph
                    early in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........91  91  83  83  83  100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............54  52  50  50  49  50  50  49  50  50  50  50
RH..............95  99  100 100 100 100 100 100 99  98  100 98
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   8   7   7   7   7   8   9   10  10  11  12
20 FT wind gust.15  14  13  12  12  13  14  15  17  17  17  20
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.6   6   5   5   5   5   6   7   7   7   7   7
Eye lvl wnd gst.11  10  9   9   9   9   10  11  12  12  12  12
Ridge wind dir..S   S   SW  S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   SW
Ridge wind spd..20  20  25  20  20  30  25  25  30  30  30  40
CWR.............30  30  30  30  30  100 100 100 100 100 100 100

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Rain in the morning, then rain showers and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
                    morning. Chance of rain showers late in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 51.
Min humidity........80 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds around 7 mph with gusts to around 13
                    mph shifting to the 9 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    around 19 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 12 to 17 mph with gusts to around 26
                    mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 30 to 35 mph shifting to the west 35
                    to 40 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................100 percent decreasing to 36 percent.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 20 to 23 mph shifting to the west 18 to
                    26 mph early in the morning, then increasing to
                    31 to 38 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 100 88  88  88  86  86  86  74
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............48  47  47  45  45  46  48  49  49  49  49  48
RH..............100 100 100 100 100 95  89  84  81  80  82  84
20 FT wind dir..S   S   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..14  13  12  12  12  13  14  15  15  16  17  17
20 FT wind gust.26  24  22  20  20  21  22  22  23  25  26  26
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Eye lvl wnd spd.9   8   7   7   9   9   10  11  11  11  12  12
Eye lvl wnd gst.16  14  12  13  14  15  15  15  16  17  18  18
Ridge wind dir..S   S   SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Ridge wind spd..35  30  30  30  25  30  30  35  40  40  40  40
CWR.............100 100 100 100 100 90  90  90  90  90  90  40

$$
Forecaster...SEBASTIAN WESTERINK
Requested by...Dana Barre
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505187.5/SGX
.DELDT 03/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dana.barre@usda.gov,sm.fs.cnfecc@usda.gov