Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Hanford, CA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
223 PM PST SAT JAN 26 2008

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND MILD DAY FOR THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR TODAY
AS MOST OF OUR AREA WAS UNDERNEATH A DRY SLOT SITUATED IN BETWEEN
MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND AN UPPER LOW NEAR 30N/132W AND A MOIST
SUBTROPICAL FETCH WHICH HAS BEEN STREAMING INTO NORTHWESTERN
MEXICO. GOES HIGH DENSITY WINDS ARE INDICATING SOME OF THIS
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTHWARD INTO SOCAL LATER
THIS AFTERNOON BY THE OFFSHORE LOW AS IT CONTINUES TO TRACK SLOWLY
EAST. ALTHOUGH TH4E MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING A BIT SLOWER WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOISTURE...RH PROGS FROM THE 18Z WRF INDICATE
THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL PUSH INTO SOCAL BY 03Z SUNDAY AND INTO
OUR CWFA BY 06Z SUNDAY. DYNAMICS DON/T LOOK TOO FAVORABLE ACORSS
CENTRAL CA WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT DEEP MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS
OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WHEN THE LOW FINALLY
OPENS UP AND MOVES EAST OF CA. AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A FAIRLY STRONG COLD POOL OVERHEAD SO WILL
MENTION ISOLATED T-STORMS FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI
MOUNTAINS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH THIS PACKAGE.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 6500 AND 7000 FEET AT THE ONSET OF THE
EVENT TONIGHT...LOWERING TO 4000 FEET ACORSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA MOUNTAINS AND TO 5000 FEET ACROSS THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS
BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL UP TO 60 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET. A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHING ACROSS THE PAC NW ON MONDAY WILL KEEP A
MOIST CYCLONIC FLOW OVER OUR AREA ON MONDAY WITH ON AND OFF
SHOWERS. SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH
CLEARING SKIES AND A CONCERN FOR FROST IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH
VALLEY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS MINIMUM TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE
LOWER 30S AT MOST LOCATIONS. ANOTHER UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS
PROGGED TO PUSH INTO THE PAC NW TUESDAY NIGHT AND DROP SOUTHEAST
INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS INSIDE SLIDER TYPE SYSTEM
MAY BRING SOME SHOWERS TO OUR AREA ALONG WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF
COOLER AIR. AFTER ANOTHER RESPITE ON THURSDAY...MORE SHORTWAVES
ARE INDICATED BY THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS TO DROP SOUTHEAST OF OF THE
GULF OF AK AND WILL BRING INCREASED MID/HIGH MOISTURE TO OUR
AREA...ALONG WITH CONTINUED BELOW CLIMO TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AS MID CLOUDS
INCREASE THROUGH 06Z. MVFR IN DEVELOPING SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH LOCAL
IFR IN HEAVY PRECIPITATION THROUGH 00Z MONDAY. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...NONE.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT PST
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR CAZ095>097.

&&

PUBLIC: DS
AVIATION/FIRE WX: JDB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

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