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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOURCE KINSMAN UNIT 3...BASS LAKE RD SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1155 PM PDT WED MAR 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL DRIFT
TOWARD THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE DISTRICT THIS
WEEKEND. BEFOREHAND...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT
MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING WITH LITTLE MORE THAN ISOLATED SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES OVER
MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM FRESNO COUNTY NORTH. TEMPERATURES
WILL AVERAGE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WHILE
WINDS REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN-DRIVEN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 1100 PDT. CHANCE OF A
                    WETTING RAIN 10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-51 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AROUND 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN 10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-96 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING
                    TO NORTH 1-3 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF A WETTING RAIN 15 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130328.SOURC.01/HNX