Flood Watch 2, NWS Hanford, CA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
916 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK FROM PRECIPITATION TODAY BEFORE YET
ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AS EARLY AS
TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THE WEAK SHORT-WAVE BEHIND THE DEPARTING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS
MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THIS MORNING. THE SHORT-
WAVE TRIGGERED A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OVER KERN COUNTY BEGINNING AROUND
13Z /0600 PDT/...WITH ONE SHOWER PASSING OVER DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD
BUT STAYING SOUTH OF MEADOWS FIELD. SNOW SHOWERS WERE REPORTED NEAR
TEHACHAPI...AND AT 1535Z /0835 PDT/...TEHACHAPI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
WAS REPORTING 1 MILE VISIBILITY IN RAIN. HOWEVER...THE TEMPERATURE
WAS 0 C AND TEHACHAPI LIKELY IS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN RAIN
AND SNOW.

VANDENBERG RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION ABOUT 100 MILES WEST
OF POINT CONCEPTION...AND IS ON THE BACK EDGE OF THE SHORT-WAVE. IF
THIS PRECIPITATION HOLDS TOGETHER OVER THE TEMBLORS...KERN COUNTY
MAY SEE ONE LAST SHOT OF PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING.

THE NEXT STORM ALREADY HAS MOVED TO WEST OF THE OREGON COAST AS IT
DROPS SOUTH OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...THE
UPPER-LEVEL FLOW WILL BUCKLE INTO A WEAK SHORT-WAVE RIDGE BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PROVE SOME CLEARING AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD
WARM INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S WHERE THERE IS SOLAR HEATING.

THE NEXT STORM IS ON TRACK TO REACH THE HANFORD WARNING/FORECAST
AREA LATE THIS EVENING. THE MODELS SHOW THIS AS A TWO-PART STORM
WITH THE FIRST PART ARRIVING TONIGHT AND THE SECOND PART ARRIVING
THURSDAY EVENING...WITH LITTLE...IF ANY...BREAK BETWEEN THE TWO
TROUGHS. THE 15Z RFC QPF GUIDANCE FOR YOSEMITE VALLEY CALLS FOR 1.75
INCH LIQUID WITH THE FIRST SYSTEM...AND 2.00 INCHES WITH THE SECOND.
WILL LIKELY UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA TO A WARNING WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...
AREAS OF MVFR IN UPSLOPE LOW CLOUDS OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND VALLEY
FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS
TROUGH 21Z TODAY. INCREASING AREAS OF MVFR AND LOCAL IFR IN
PRECIPITATION SPREADING SOUTHWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
AFTER 04Z WEDNESDAY AND THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS AFTER 12Z WEDNESDAY
CONTINUING THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 18Z
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON
/CAZ096/.

&&

PUBLIC...SANGER
AVN/FW...DS
SYNOPSIS...PJ
PREV DISCUSSION...JEB

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

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