High Wind Warning 8, NWS Hanford, CA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
302 PM PDT MON MAY 10 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER THE AREA AND BRING
A CHANCE FOR RAIN TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SNOW TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF SIERRA NEVADA THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR
THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT. HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEARING
SKIES TO RETURN TO ALL AREAS BY WEDNESDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LOW IS BEGINNING TO PUSH INLAND OVER
NORCAL THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL CONT TO MOVE SE TOWARD THE SRN
GREAT BASIN OVERNITE...REACHING UT TUES. THE COLD FRONT AHEAD OF
THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE THRU CENTRAL CA THIS EVE. A DIFFICULT CALL
ON WHETHER THERE WILL BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN IN THE
VALLEY...BUT BEST POPS STILL FROM HANFORD/VISALIA NORTH...THOUGH
SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVE...SOME OF THE SHOWERS
COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THRU KERN COUNTY. OVER THE SRN SIERRA
THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BEFORE
MIDNIGHT...THEN MOSTLY ENDING BY SUNRISE. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL
BEGIN ABOVE 8K...THEN LOWER BEHIND THE FRONT TO 4K NEAR
YOSEMITE...AND 5K FROM TULARE CO SOUTH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3-6
INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 5K FROM SEQUOIA PARK TO YOSEMITE.

THE UPPER JET WILL SAG SOUTH AND BE OVER CENTRAL CA LATER THIS EVE
INTO EARLY TUES. FCST 700MB WINDS PEAK AROUND 12Z TUES...AND ARE
NEAR 55KTS NEAR MOJAVE. THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO SOME GUSTY WIND
THRU AND BELOW PASSES INTO TUES...AND EXTENDED THE ADVISORY FOR
THE KERN MTNS/DESERTS THRU AT LEAST TUES EVE.

TEMPS WILL CONT WELL BELOW NORMAL THRU TUES AS COLD ADVECTION
BEHIND THE TROF CONTINUES. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE BY WED...HOWEVER
NO STRONG UPPER RIDGE IS SEEN IN THE MODELS THRU THE EXTENDED. IN
FACT SOME FORM OF WEAK UPPER TROF LINGERS OVER THE SW STATES THRU
THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER H85 TEMPS RISE INTO THE 15-18 DEG/C RANGE BY
SAT. THIS WILL PUSH TEMPS BACK TO NORMAL BY THURS...AND A FEW DEGS
ABOVE BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
INCREASING AREAS OF MVFR AND LOCAL IFR OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS IN PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING WITH
PRECIPITATION AND SCATTERED MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS CONTINUING INTO
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH
00Z WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONALLY...WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ARE
LIKELY THROUGH AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN PASSES OF KERN COUNTY THROUGH
00Z WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET
FOR THE CAZ097.

WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR
THE CAZ096.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY CAZ095-098-099.

&&

PUBLIC...BINGHAM
AVN/FW...DS
SYNOPSIS...BSO

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
222 PM PDT MON MAY 10 2010

CAZ095-098-099-111200-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
222 PM PDT MON MAY 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND DESERTS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM PDT
TUESDAY. SEE SFONPWHNX /WWUS76 KHNX/ FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT TUESDAY. OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

CAZ096-097-111200-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
222 PM PDT MON MAY 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
5 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM
YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR
THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. SEE SFOWSWHNX /WWUS46 KHNX/ FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM
YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE TULARE
COUNTY MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BSO

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD