1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 1:15 PM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 215 PM PDT FRI SEP 8 2006 .SHORT TERM...SUNNY SKIES AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE ROUNDING OUT THE WORK WEEK OVER THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR. THE NARROW UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG TOWARDS THE PACNW COAST WITH A WEAK VORT AT ITS BASE HEADING JUST SOUTH OF THE BAY AREA. THIS ENERGY DID STIR UP A LITTLE CIRRUS THIS MORNING OVER THE DISTRICT...THAT HAVE SINCE PUSHED EAST INTO NEVADA. THE APPROACH OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE MARINE LAYER. LATEST FORT ORD PROFILER HAS THE DEPTH UP TO AROUND 3200 FEET. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH LOWERING H85 TEMPS IS BRINGING NOTICEABLE COOLING TO THE DISTRICT. 24HR TRENDS ARE DOWN 4-7 DEGF IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE SFO-LAS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS INCREASING BUT IS STILL UNIMPRESSIVE AT AROUND 4MB. HOWEVER...TRAVIS AFB CONTINUES TO REPORT WSW WINDS AROUND 30 MPH. AT ITS CURRENT DEPTH THE MARINE AIR WILL HAVE NO TROUBLE SPILLING OVER THE PACHECO PASS AND INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEY. THE TROUGH AXIS WILL ALSO MOVE INLAND OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SYNOPTIC COOLING OVER THE ENTIRE CWFA. VALLEY HIGHS TOMORROW WILL GENERALLY BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE WITH MID TO UPPER 80S THE RULE. THE SHORT WAVE QUICKLY LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO CANADA ON SATURDAY AND HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REBUILDS ACROSS THE WEST THROUGH MONDAY. SLIGHT WARMING WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VALLEY AS MARINE AIR SHOULD HOLD TEMPS FAIRLY STEADY. THEN WARMING FOR ALL AREAS ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS CLIMBING BACK A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN RATHER DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. MOSTLY CLEAR WORDING WAS USED DUE TO SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE POSING THE THREAT OF CIRRUS FORM TIME TO TIME. BUT EVEN THE DIURNAL CUMULUS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WILL HAVE A HARD TIME AMOUNTING TO MUCH. BREEZY TO LOCALLY GUSTY CONDITIONS IN THE KERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERT ARE THE NORM WITH THESE PATTERNS. BUT NO HIGHLIGHTS ARE NEEDED AS SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WAD CRITERIA. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...LOOKS LIKE CONTINUED SEASONABLY DRY, BUT WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD. GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GFS AND EUROPEAN MODELS IN KEEPING A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN PUSHING A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE ROCKIES LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL SHIFT THE FLOW TO A MORE NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. BY FRIDAY, MODELS DIVERGE QUITE A BIT AS THE EUROPEAN MODEL CLOSES OFF A LOW OVER WASHINGTON, WHILE THE GFS TAKES A MORE PROGRESSIVE APPROACH AND HAS THE LOW FORM OVER MONTANA. SINCE THIS WAY OUT ON DAY 7, EITHER SOLUTION IS QUESTIONABLE AT THIS TIME AND FUTURE MODEL RUNS WILL PROBABLY CHANGE CONSIDERABLY. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES AND TWB 423. ON TWB421 LOCAL IFR CIGS ALONG AND WEST OF THE DIABLO RANGE AGAIN AFTER 08Z DUE TO COASTAL STRATUS INTRUSION. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR KMCE...KFAT AND KBFL AND TWEBS 421 AND 423. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DCH/DUDLEY
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A steady north wind of 30 knots and several gusts to 40 knots occurred over San Luis Reservoir in West Merced County from late in the afternoon on the 8th through midnight. Elevated wind speeds continued through the very early morning hours of the 9th.
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