High Wind in California, June 26 to 27, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
815 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2014

.UPDATE...UPDATED AIR QUALITY SECTION

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.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING OUT OF THE REGION THIS EVENING HAS BROUGHT
TEMPORARY COOLING AND WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND
DESERT AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN
MOVING INTO THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN AN UPWARD TREND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...EXPECT WELL ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

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.DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING SOME
SHOWERS TO THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SPRINKLES TO THE NORTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS MORNING QUICKLY FELL APART AS IT MOVED SOUTH
OF FRESNO BY MID MORNING. SKIES CLEARED RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT.
ALTHOUGH SOME CLOUDS REMAIN OVER THE SIERRA AND THE HILLS ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAIN WEATHER PROBLEM THE REMAINDER OF
TODAY, FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
BECOME GUSTY IN PARTS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE, AND WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN SOME BLOWING DUST. THUS A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS WHERE A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL NOT BLOW
CONTINUOUSLY FROM NOW THROUGH SATURDAY, RATHER THE TARGETED
PERIODS FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE 2 PM TO 2 AM EACH DAY.
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR SAND ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DESERT AREAS AS
WELL.

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN RUNNING 5 TO 10 DEGREES
COOLER THAN YESTERDAY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND 10 TO 20 DEGREES
COOLER IN THE SIERRA. HOWEVER, THE COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL NOT
HANG AROUND FOR LONG. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A FEW DEGREES FRIDAY,
THEN A STRONG WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH 100 DEGREES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, LOWER FOOTHILLS, AND
DESERT AREAS BY SUNDAY WITH FURTHER WARMING THROUGH THE FIRST PART
OF THE WEEK. THE HOTTEST WEATHER WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY WHERE SOME OF THE TRADITIONALLY HOTTEST LOCATIONS MAY
APPROACH 110 DEGREES. THIS HEAT EVENT WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN THE HEAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS MONTH. THIS TIME IT WILL LAST
FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND HUMIDITY WILL BE HIGHER, WHICH WILL MAKE IT
FEEL MORE UNCOMFORTABLE.

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST
BY THURSDAY, WEAKENING THE RIDGE SLIGHTLY. THIS MAY TAKE THE EDGE
OFF THE HEAT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA, BUT IT WILL
REMAIN HOT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF ON THURSDAY.

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.AVIATION...
WINDS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH AND BELOW THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES OF KERN COUNTY THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY. PATCHY BLOWING
DUST WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 KT POSSIBLE FROM 00Z THRU 06Z FRI ALONG
THE WEST SIDE OF THE SJ VALLEY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

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.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NOT AVAILABLE.

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.CERTAINTY...

THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 1 AND 2 IS HIGH.
THE LEVEL OF CERTAINTY FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7 IS HIGH.

CERTAINTY LEVELS INCLUDE LOW...MEDIUM...AND HIGH. PLEASE VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HNX/CERTAINTY.PHP /ALL LOWER CASE/ FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND/OR TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

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.CLIMATE...
             RECORDS
SITE DATE    HI_MAX:YEAR LO_MAX:YEAR HI_MIN:YEAR LO_MIN:YEAR

KFAT 06-26      108:1993     69:1913     77:1925     48:1965
KFAT 06-27      110:1925     76:1906     77:1973     51:1955
KFAT 06-28      108:2010     71:1952     77:1926     51:1906

KBFL 06-26      111:1925     75:1965     82:1925     41:1907
KBFL 06-27      111:1925     76:1996     80:2006     42:1913
KBFL 06-28      114:1976     74:1913     84:1925     40:1913
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.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM PDT SATURDAY CAZ095-098-099.

BLOWING DUST ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING CAZ089>091.

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AVN/FW...BSO
SYNOPSIS...ANDERSEN

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
910 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E MOJAVE              35.05N 118.14W
06/26/2014  M50.00 MPH       KERN               CA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION MOJAVE NAT TEST PILOT /AT407/

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JEB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
911 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NW INYOKERN           35.66N 117.82W
06/26/2014  M45.00 MPH       KERN               CA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION INYOKERN AIRPORT /KIYK/

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JEB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
918 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0157 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 N KERNVILLE           35.77N 118.42W
06/26/2014  M47 MPH          KERN               CA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION RIVERKERN RAWS /KRNC1/

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JEB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
1037 PM PDT THU JUN 26 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NE MOJAVE             35.07N 118.15W
06/26/2014  E63.00 MPH       KERN               CA   AWOS

1025 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NW MOJAVE             35.10N 118.24W
06/26/2014  E60.00 MPH       KERN               CA   MESONET

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