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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOURCE KINSMAN UNIT 4...BASS LAKE RD SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
955 PM PDT THU MAR 28 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE DISTRICT TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER CALIFORNIA. MEANWHILE...A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN
PACIFIC WILL DRIFT TOWARD THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST. THE STORM
WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE DISTRICT
THIS WEEKEND.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN SATURDAY MORNING.
CHANCES INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH THE BEST
CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 48-53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 4-9 MPH AFTER NOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    5-15 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-99 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHERLY 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS...THEN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 58-63 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT...
                    THEN INCREASING TO 6-12 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 8-18 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12-22 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130329.SOURC.01/HNX