667
FNUS76 KSGX 201730
FWSSGX
SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTE...OCFA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
1030 AM PDT TUE OCT 20 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH TYPICAL SOUTHWEST ONSHORE WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON. GOOD HUMIDITY TODAY WITH EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RECOVERY
WITH INCREASED MARINE LAYER CLOUD COVER. UPPER TO MID-LEVEL CLOUD
COVER INCREASED THROUGH TOMORROW AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM
THE NORTHWEST, WITH BREEZIER WINDS ON THE RIDGE LEVEL. THE MAIN
BAND OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING
AFTER 1300 PDT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. RAIN RATES ARE GENERALLY
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE, 0.05-0.25"/HOUR. THERE WILL BE A
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, WHICH
COULD BRING ISOLATED HEAVIER RATES (0.4-0.5"/HOUR) DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 8 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 9 MPH.
TIME (PDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........27 27 27 27 27 27 40
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............75 76 76 76 76 75 73
RH..............69 69 68 66 66 67 71
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 11 11 11 11 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.7 8 8 8 8 8 7
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 11 11 11 15 15 14
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTH ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................8 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 3 TO 6
MPH OVERNIGHT.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........40 40 52 52 52 76 76 76 58 58 58 43
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............71 69 68 67 66 65 64 64 63 63 62 62
RH..............75 82 85 87 89 93 94 95 94 94 94 95
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SE SE SE E E
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
20 FT WIND GUST.8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S SE SE SE E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
EYE LVL WND GST.6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S SE S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..14 12 10 6 6 5 8 8 9 6 6 6
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
WEDNESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY,
MAIN PRECIPITATION LIKELY WON'T MOVE IN UNTIL
AFTER 1300 PDT.
0.05-0.20" PRECIPITATION BEFORE MIDNIGHT WED.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP...........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING 10 TO 20
MPH LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING.
CWR.................8 PERCENT INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........43 43 26 26 26 51 51 51 62 62 62 76
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............61 61 63 66 70 72 73 72 72 72 71 70
RH..............95 94 92 84 74 69 70 70 69 70 72 76
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE S S S S S S S SW S
20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 5
20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 6 7 9 11 11 11 12 11 11 10
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E SE S S S S S S S SW S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 4 5 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 7
RIDGE WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE WIND SPD..10 10 15 12 10 13 15 15 15 16 16 16
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 30 30 30 60
FORECASTER...CHANDLER PRICE
REQUESTED BY...RYAN SWANSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2623952.3/SGX
.DELDT 10/20/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL RYANSWANSON@OCFA.ORG
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