FSUS46 KLOX 071100 QPSLOX QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 357 AM PDT TUE MAY 07 2013 PRECIPITATION FORECASTS IN INCHES ARE PROVIDED IN 3-HOUR INCREMENTS UNTIL 1700 FOLLOWED BY 6-HOUR INCREMENTS UNTIL 0500. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES COVER UP TO 0500 ON DAY 1 ONLY. LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ZERO BUT LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE SHOWN AS LGT. THE DISCUSSION COVERS THE PERIOD FROM: TUE MAY 07 2013 THROUGH TUE MAY 14 2013. 05-08 08-11 11-14 14-17 17-23 23-05 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY... LSRC1:CAMBRIA LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SMRC1:SANTA MARGARITA LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 NIPC1:LOPEZ LAKE LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 SLO: PEAK 1-HR RATES: CST/VLY 0.01-0.10 FTHLS/MTNS 0.01-0.10 EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 0500-1100 CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS: NO SANTA BARBARA COUNTY... SIYC1:SANTA MARIA CITY LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 SBTC1:SANTA BARBARA POTRERO LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 GBRC1:GIBRALTAR DAM LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 SMCC1:SAN MARCOS PASS LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 SBFC1:SANTA BARBARA COUNTY BUILDING LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 SBA: PEAK 1-HR RATES: CST/VLY 0.01-0.10 FTHLS/MTNS 0.01-0.10 EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 0500-1100 CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS: NO VENTURA COUNTY... FGWC1:FAGAN CANYON LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 HRCC1:HOPPER CANYON LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 MTDC1:MATILIJA DAM LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 VTUC1:VENTURA COUNTY GOVT CENTER LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 MORC1:MOORPARK COUNTY YARD LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 CRXC1:CIRCLE X RANCH LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 VTU: PEAK 1-HR RATES: CST/VLY 0.01-0.10 FTHLS/MTNS 0.01-0.10 EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 0500-1100 CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS: NO LOS ANGELES COUNTY... WFKC1:WEST FORK HELIPORT (MT WILSON) LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 BDDC1:BIG DALTON DAM LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 PCDC1:PACOIMA DAM LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 FLTC1:LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 SAUC1:SAUGUS LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 CQT :LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN (USC) LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 MLUC1:BIG ROCK MESA LGT LGT LGT LGT 0.0 0.0 LAC: PEAK 1-HR RATES: CST/VLY 0.01-0.10 FTHLS/MTNS 0.01-0.10 EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 0500-1100 CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS: NO DISCUSSION: AN UPPER JUST OVER THE CENTRAL COAST WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO ARIZONA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS UPPER LOW WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE SOUTH OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THEN THE FOCUS OF SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT 18 HOURS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH, BUT ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. LOCAL RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. IT WILL BE DRY AFTER TODAY...EXCEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. $$ KAPLAN