FNUS76 KEKA 201553 FWSEKA SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTSHORE UNIT 9...U S F S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 753 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0805 PST ON DECEMBER 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE WESTSHORE SITE WILL BRING STEADY RAIN TO THE AREA BY LATER THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL TAPER TO SHOWERS TONIGHT THEN END BY MON NIGHT. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE S AND TERRAIN DRIVEN ON SITE. HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED REGION AND ALONG RIDGES. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT TO GENTLE WITH A FEW MODERATE GUSTS DURING THE EVENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 53. RH..................94 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 70 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SE AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 47. RH..................MIN 76 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...GARCIA REQUESTED BY...TERRY NICKERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091220.WESTS.01/EKA