1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 8:00 AM PST, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 900 AM PDT SAT AUG 3 2002 SHORT WAVE TROUGH AXIS WILL BE MAKING A RUN FOR THE CENTRAL COAST TODAY...WITH VORT CENTER MOVING INTO OUR DISTRICT LATE AFTN/EVE. ONE FORECAST CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL BE THE THREAT OF CONVECTION NEAR THE CREST IN THE NORTH. DESPITE THE INCREASING SW FLOW ALOFT PROGS ARE STILL SHOWING JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MSTR...PLUS INCREASING PVA...TO SUPPORT A SLGT CHANCE NEAR YOSEMITE. GIVEN THAT A FEW CELLS MANAGED TO POP LATE FRI AFTN RIGHT ALONG THE CREST NEAR YOSEMITE AND ONE ON THE TULARE CREST WILL GO AHEAD AND UPDATE FCST FOR A SLGT CHC TSTMS MAINLY NORTH OF KINGS CYN. THE FIRST VSBL SATPIX OF THE DAY SHOW EXTENSIVE COASTAL STRATUS... PILED UP TO THE TOP OF THE PACHECO AND COTTONWOOD PASSES...AND ALSO INTO THE LOWER SAC VLLY. THIS REFLECTS THE INTRUSION OF MARINE AIR INLAND TOWARDS THE SAN JOAQUIN VLLY THAT WILL BOOST LLVL COOLING FOR TDA AND SUN. LATEST FORT ORD PROFILER SHOWS THE MARINE LAYER RISING CLOSER TO 3000 FT...AND EXPECT A FURTHER DEEPENING THROUGH LATE AFTN AS IT RESPONDS TO MID-UPPER CYCLONIC CIRCULATION PUSHING EAST. IN FACT IF THE MARINE LAYER TREND EARLY THIS MORN WERE TO CONTINUE TO RESPOND MORE ROBUSTLY THAN WHAT WE EXPECT...THE INLAND FLOOD OF MARINE AIR COULD DROP TEMPS TDA LOWER THAN ADVERTISED. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE SJV MAX TEMPS UNCHANGED AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR. OVERALL TEMP TRENDS IN FCST LOOK OK. THE BOTTOM LINE REMAINS A SOLID COOLING TREND TO BELOW NORMAL LEVELS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AT THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE NORMALLY SEE OUR HIGHEST TEMPS. DEEP TROUGH FOR MID SUMMER GETS ENTRENCHED ON THE WEST COAST FOR A WHILE. INCREASING PRES GRADS NEXT 2 DAYS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BREEZES AND LOCALLY WINDY CONTITIONS PARTICULARLY NEAR THE PRONE KERN COUNTY MTN PASSES. WILL MENTION MORE SPECIFIC WINDS IN SHORT TERM FOR THE MORN UPDATE TO FOLLOW. .HNX...NONE LAVIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty wind up to 46 MPH was observed on and around San Luis Reservoir in Western Merced County on the 3rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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