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Spot Forecast for SANDY FIRE...VENTURA COUNTY FIRE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
758 PM PDT Mon May 18 2026

If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light southeast winds may occur from 6-8am, but northeast winds will
rapidly increase after daybreak. Winds are expected to be similar in
magnitude as Monday, potentially a few mph weaker as well as shorter
lived. Offshore winds will weaken some into the early afternoon,
then onshore flow reversal is expected to occur rapidly between 
1-3pm, slightly early than Monday. Similar wind speeds are expected 
from the onshore winds Tuesday afternoon compared to Monday. On 
Tuesday night winds will be relatively light between 9pm and 
midnight before southeast to east flow increase slightly. The Santa 
Susana mountains will see northeast winds gusting to 25 mph 
overnight and into Wednesday morning, so there is a chance ridgetop 
winds in the burn area see northeast winds gust as high as 25 mph 
from midnight to around 9am Wednesday. More pronounced onshore flow 
is expected Wednesday, likely 5-10 mph stronger than Tuesday.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny, except smoky. 
Max temperature.....81-85. 
Min humidity........8-12 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 2-4 mph with gusts to 6 mph at 6am, 
                    increasing rapidly to northeast 7-10 mph with gusts to 
                    15 mph around 8am. Then shifting to the southwest 
                    6-9 mph with gusts to 12 mph between 1-3pm. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5-8 mph with gusts to 12 mph at 6am, 
                    increasing rapidly to northeast 17-22 mph with gusts to 
                    30 mph around 8am. Then shifting to the southwest 
                    14-18 mph with gusts to 25 mph between 1-3pm. 
Ridgetop wind.......Northeast winds 7-10 mph with gusts to 15 mph at 6am, 
                    increasing rapidly to northeast 20-30 mph with gusts to 
                    40 mph around 8am. Then shifting to the southwest 
                    20-25 mph with gusts to 32 mph between 1-3pm. 
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL becoming 12000 ft AGL in the afternoon.  
Transport winds.....Northeast 20-25 mph becoming northwest 5-10 mph. 


.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear, except smoky. 
Min temperature.....58-62. 
Max humidity........50-60 percent. 
Eye level winds.....West to southwest 6-9 mph with gusts to 12 mph in the evening 
                    becoming east to southeast 1-3 mph with gusts to 5 mph around 10pm. 
Wind (20 ft)........West to southwest 15-20 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening 
                    becoming east to southeast 4-7 mph with gusts to 10 mph around 10pm.
Ridgetop wind.......West to southwest 20-25 mph with gusts to 32 mph in the evening 
                    becoming northeast 8-12 mph with gusts to 18 mph around 10pm. 
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL decreasing to 500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6-12 mph becoming northeast late. 

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Forecaster...LEWIS
Requested by...KELLY SMYTH
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2613990.0/LOX
.DELDT 05/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kelly.smyth@venturacounty.gov