Wind Advisory 10, NWS Hanford, CA

600 
WWUS76 KHNX 250742
NPWHNX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1142 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

CAZ098-250845-
/O.EXP.KHNX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110225T0800Z/
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-
1142 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY. 

WINDS HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS IN THE 20 TO
30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT.

$$

DUDLEY

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
349 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL RETURN FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DIGS SOUTHWARD
INTO THE AREA...WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS INTO THE WEEKEND. SNOW COULD
FALL IN THE FOOTHILLS BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW BRINGS COLDER
AIR INTO THE REGION. THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW FLURRIES IN THE VALLEY
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
AREAS OF PRECIP AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTH
ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST ARE APPROACHING NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT WITH AREAS OF CLOUDINESS OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA EXCLUDING THE DESERT ZONES. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE PRECIPITATION SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
REGION AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTH ALONG THE WEST
COAST.

THIS COLD STORM IS NOT PACKING A DEEP MOISTURE TAP BUT SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE SNOW LEVEL...WHICH WILL
DROP QUITE LOW AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN BY SATURDAY. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIERRA ZONES BEGINNING
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH
THE REGION. AS SNOW LEVELS FALL FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY...SIERRA
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS WILL BE IMPACTED AND A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THERE. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE
WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY WILL ALSO SEE SOME SNOW DURING THAT PERIOD
AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THERE.

AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD...BY LATER FRIDAY SNOW
WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS OF KERN COUNTY AND A WINTER
STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THERE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. AS
SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT TO THE DESERT FLOOR BEGINNING
EARLY SATURDAY...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT
THERE. WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE SATURDAY...SOME SNOWFLAKES MIXED
IN WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. AS THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THE
COLD AIRMASS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SOME FROSTY CONDITIONS IN THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

SUNDAY WILL BRING DRY AND MILDER CONDITIONS BEHIND THE DEPARTING
STORM SYSTEM...WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO JUST A TAD BELOW
CLIMO BY MIDWEEK. ANOTHER APPROACHING TROUGH IS THEN EXPECTED TO
PASS MAINLY NORTH OF OUR AREA...RETURNING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
PRECIP TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE DISTRICT.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR INITIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR WITH AREAS
OF IFR IN CLOUDS/PRECIP WITH MTN OBSCURATIONS SPREADING SOUTH ALONG
THE SIERRA NEVADA...AND AREAS OF MVFR -RA SPREADING SOUTH ACROSS THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH 00Z
SATURDAY. DESERT AREAS WILL REMAIN VFR THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY.

&&

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY
CAZ096-097.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY
ABOVE 1500 FEET FOR THE CAZ093>095.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST SATURDAY
ABOVE 1500 FEET FOR THE CAZ089-091.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY CAZ098-099.

&&

PUBLIC...JEB
AVN/FW...MENDENHALL
SYNOPSIS...PJ

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

CAZ096-097-251300-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO SFOWSWHNX...OR WMO
HEADER WWUS46 KHNX.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY
MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO SFOWSWHNX...OR WMO
HEADER WWUS46 KHNX.

.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.

CAZ095-251300-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER
TO SFOWSWHNX...OR WMO HEADER WWUS46 KHNX.

.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.

CAZ093-094-251300-
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM PST
SATURDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER
TO SFOWSWHNX...OR WMO HEADER WWUS46 KHNX.

.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.

CAZ098-099-251300-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT
TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO
SFOWSWHNX...OR WMO HEADER WWUS46 KHNX.

.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.

CAZ089-091-251300-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM
PST SATURDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE
REFER TO SFOWSWHNX...OR WMO HEADER WWUS46 KHNX.

ELEVATIONS BELOW 1500 FEET MAY SEE SHOWERS MIXED WITH SNOW LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND ON SATURDAY. BUT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO STICK.

.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.

CAZ090-092-251300-
EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
359 PM PST THU FEB 24 2011

...COLD WINTER STORM APPROACHING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ON SATURDAY.
BUT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO STICK.

.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.