796
FNUS76 KSGX 230220
FWSSGX
SPOT FORECAST FOR AMBER FIRE...FOREST SERIVCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
720 PM PDT SAT AUG 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT TUESDAY
DISCUSSION
HOT, DRY AND CLEAR WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DAILY, FAIRLY LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPCANYON AFTERNOON BREEZES WILL
STRENGTHEN AROUND 1100 PDT, CONTINUING THROUGH ABOUT 1700 PDT,
THEN CALM FOR THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING PERIODS. DEEP AFTERNOON
MIXING HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO THE RISK OF PLUME DOMINATED FIRE
GROWTH.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS.
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
TIME (PDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 7
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............86 81 78 77 76 75 75 75 74 75
RH..............38 41 43 44 42 43 42 43 44 41
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE NE
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 99 DEGREES NEAR CANYON BOTTOM, AROUND 94 SLOPES.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO UP TO 15 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2 TO 9
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN INCREASING TO 12
TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 0 0 0 8
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............75 75 81 84 87 90 93 95 96 96 97 96
RH..............40 38 34 34 33 31 28 26 24 22 20 24
20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE S W W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 4 6 7 9 10 11 11 12 13 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE S W W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 4 5 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 15 5 5 15 10 10 15 10 10 15
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUNDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
AFTER 3 AM.
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 1 TO 2 MPH
EARLY IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST
LATE IN THE EVENING BECOMING EAST 1 TO 2 MPH
AFTER 3 AM.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............94 91 85 81 78 77 76 76 76 75 75 75
RH..............26 29 34 38 40 40 37 37 35 36 35 32
20 FT WIND DIR..W W S NE SE E NE N N NE NE E
20 FT WIND SPD..7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
20 FT WIND GUST.11 7 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SW S NE SE E NE N N NE NE E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.8 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98 CANYON BOTTOM, 93 SLOPES.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING
TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................1 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
6 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............73 75 79 83 86 89 92 94 95 96 96 95
RH..............33 32 31 31 31 30 28 26 24 23 24 25
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9
EYE LVL WND DIR.E SE SE SW W W W W W W W W
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 7 7
RIDGE WIND DIR..SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
RIDGE WIND SPD..5 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FORECASTER...CHANDLER PRICE
REQUESTED BY...CAPTAIN 31
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/22/26
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