FNUS76 KHNX 261655
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SPOT FORECAST FOR FOSTER UNDERBURN UNIT 19...BASS LAKE RD SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
955 AM PDT TUE MAY 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE
DISTRICT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND BRING A WARMING TREND.
RESIDUAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE LEFT BEHIND BY THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SPARK ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA CREST WEDNESDAY.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CREST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69 AT IGNITION...MAX 74-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN TURNING SOUTHWEST AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FEET AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO 6500 FEET
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 MPH AT IGNITION.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...
                    THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 5 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090527.FOSTE.01/HNX