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NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 26, 1:25 PM PST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA 225 PM PDT MON SEP 26 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SIT AND SPIN OFF THE CENTRAL CA COAST THIS AFTN. ACCORDING TO THE WATER VAPOR LOOP...THE CENTER OF THIS LOW HAS ONLY MOVED ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE PAST 12 HRS AND IS CURRENTLY CENTERED NR 35N 126W. THE RICHEST FLOW OF TROPICAL MOISTURE THIS SYSTEM IS BRINGING NORTHWARD NOW EXTENDS FROM THE TEHACHAPI MTNS THRU THE TULARE CO MTNS AND THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF FRESNO CO. IN THIS CORRIDOR...SHOWERS ARE NUMEROUS AND LACED WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS ZONE OF RICH MOISTURE IS CURRENTLY STUCK IN A SW FLOW ALOFT AND WILL INCH ITS WAY EASTWARD AND MOVE INTO ERN KERN CO THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW FINALLY BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD. WEST OF THIS PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE...SOME MID LEVEL DRYING HAS OCCURRED TODAY. IN THIS REGION...WHICH INCUDES MUCH OF THE SJ VLY AND ADJACENT FTHLS...ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN THRU EARLY THIS EVENING. CELLS THAT HAVE POPPED UP IN THESE AREAS HAVE COLLAPSED RATHER QUICKLY AFTER PULSING UP TO ABOUT 20K FT. STRONG SW WINDS ALOFT HAVE NOT PROVIDED MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR VERTICAL GROWTH OF TSTM CELLS IN THIS RELATIVELY HUMID AIRMASS. THIS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE. BY TUESDAY MORNING...THE MODELS BRING THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND ALLOW DRIER AIR IN THE MID LEVELS TO CUT UNDERNEATH IT ACROSS CENTRAL CA. THE LATEST NAM AND GFS FORECAST A DECENT AMT OF 700 MB DRYING ACROSS THE CWA TUE AFTN AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO PULL OUT OF NRN CA AND DRIFT INTO THE NEVADA. SO AFTER A THREAT OF RESIDUAL SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TUE AM...PRECIP POSSIBILITIES SHOULD DIMINISH AS THE DAY WEARS ON. BACKWASH CLOUDS MAY STILL LINGER MUCH OF THE DAY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. EVEN ON WEDNESDAY...THE MODELS ARE SLOW TO MOVE THE CLOSED LOW OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN. HOWEVER...AS A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED...THE AIRMASS SHOULD SLOWLY DRY AND WARM THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL CA INTERIOR. THE DRYING AND WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW FINALLY MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS EASTWARD FROM THE PACIFIC. IN FACT ON THURSDAY...MAX TEMPS OUGHT TO TICKLE THE 90 DEGREE MARK IN MANY SJ VLY LOCATIONS AS THE MODELS FORECAST 850 MB TEMPS TO WARM CLOSE TO 20C. .LONG TERM...FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON IN PLACING A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER OUR DISTRICT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. LOOKS LIKE A PIECE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL BE TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE AND SITUATED JUST OFF THE SOCAL COAST. THIS FEATURE WILL BE TOO WEAK TO DRAW UP ANY MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH...SO SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR INTO THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH THE FAIRLY RELIABLE ECMWF DIGGING A TROUGH INTO THE WESTERN US AND THE CANADIAN KEEPING A RIDGE OVER THE REGION. THE GFS IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE BEING SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. AS A RESULT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND PERSISTENT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...MODEST BATCH OF SHRA WITH EMBEDDED TSRA CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTH END OF THE VALLEY INVOF BFL. PRECIP MORE WDLY SCT FROM MCE TO FAT. OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME OVER AND AROUND BFL...WHILE VFR CONDS SHOULD HANG ON AT MCE AND FAT. AFTER SUNSET...SHOULD SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN CONVECTION AND A RISE TO VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL 3 AREA TAF SITES. SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE HOWEVER AS THE UPPER-LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL ALOFT SLIDE OVER THE REGION. AFTER 12Z TUESDAY...EXPECTING DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT BRINGING AN END TO PRECIP ALL AREAS. MORE SPECIFICS CAN BE FOUND IN THE TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT...AND KBFL. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD /USE ALL LOWER CASE/ DURFEE/MYERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 525 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2005 CAZ089>092-271200- WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- 525 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING LOCALLY UP TO 40 MPH MAY ALSO DEVELOP AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN KERN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ093>097-271200- MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS- KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- 525 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. CAZ098-099-271200- INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT- 525 AM PDT MON SEP 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. JEB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An evening thunderstorm brought a lightning strike at Ranger and Bowman Streets in Ridgecrest. Power was disrupted to 2700 electric utility customers.
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