1 hail, 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 Feb 24, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 200 PM PST THU FEB 24 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...KHNX 88D INDICATING ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS JUST BEGAN OVER THE SIERRAS... TEHACHAPIS AND COASTAL RANGE. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN DRY OUT THE ENTIRE CWFA OVERNIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE STABLE. WV LOOP INDICATING THAT THE UPPER LOW OVER AZ IS NOW MOVING NORTH AS PROGGED TO BY THE 12Z NAM/GFS. HOWEVER...THE LOW IS CENTERED FURTHER TO THE EAST THAN ANTICIPATED BY THE MODELS...AND AS A RESULT LESS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IS AFFECTING OUR CWFA. ONCE THE CONVECTION DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT EXPECT THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME MORE STABLE...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER MORNING OF PATCHY FOG IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. 12Z NAM/GFS CONTINUING TO INDICATE A WEAK UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OFF THE CA COAST FRIDAY. THIS WILL HELP DRY OUT THE ATMOSPHERE MORE OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...BUT AFTERNOON INSTABILITY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES A BIT ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING PAC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. RH PROGS INDICATING SOME MID/UPPER MOISTURE OVERRIDING THE RIDGE AND PUSHING INTO CENTRAL CA...OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN THE LOW BECOMES CLOSE ENOUGH TO CENTRAL CA TO SPREAD SOME DEEPER MOISTURE AND UVM INTO OUR AREA. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES. DS .LONG TERM...FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...DECENT SHOT AT PRECIP FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES INTO FAR NORCAL/OREGON. QUITE A BIT OF MODEL AND RUN TO RUN VARIABILITY AFTER THAT POINT, WITH THE CANADIAN AND 12Z GFS TAKING THE TROUGH AXIS WELL EAST, WHILE THE EARLIER 00Z GFS HOLDS IT BACK ACROSS THE STATE AND EVENTUALLY SENDS IT DOWN THE COAST. THE GFS ENSEMBLES ARE NOT SURPRISINGLY ALL OVER THE PLACE BY MID WEEK, UNDERSCORING THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE. WITH SUCH A DEEP UPPER LOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, THE FEELING AT THIS POINT IS THE SLOWER PROGRESSION IS PROBABLY MOST REASONABLE, AND WILL RETAIN SOME MENTION OF PRECIP THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE, SKIES WILL VARY BETWEEN PARTLY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO AVERAGE. BURGER && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /ALL LOWER CASE/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 500 AM PST THU FEB 24 2005 CAZ089>099-251300- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INDIAN WELLS VALLEY- SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 500 AM PST THU FEB 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN SIERRA MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JWM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail varying from 3/4 to 1" was reported at Alpine Forest southwest of Tehachapi in the Kern County Mountains.
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