A strong shortwave trough dropped southeast over the Great Basin while high pressure strengthened off the California coast producing a strong onshore pressure gradient between the afternoon of April 4 and the morning of April 5. This resulted in a period of strong winds across the Kern County Mountains and Deserts most noticeably along the Mojave Desert Slopes where several stations measured…
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A strong shortwave trough dropped southeast over the Great Basin while high pressure strengthened off the California coast producing a strong onshore pressure gradient between the afternoon of April 4 and the morning of April 5. This resulted in a period of strong winds across the Kern County Mountains and Deserts most noticeably along the Mojave Desert Slopes where several stations measured guts exceeding 60 mph.
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 Apr 3, 1:02 PM PST, 13 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hanford CA 202 PM PDT Sun Apr 3 2022 .SYNOPSIS...Temperatures will be slightly cooler Monday and Tuesday, with breezy conditions continuing into Tuesday morning. A sharp wamring trend will take place later this week, and temperatures will rise to around 20 degrees above normal Thursday and Friday, with record high temperatures likely. && .DISCUSSION... High level cloudiness streaming inland ahead of a trough of low pressure pushing into central California has provided filtered sunshine across our area today. The clouds have migrated southward through our area, and where skies are now more sunny, generally Fresno county northward, temperatures are running a degree or so above this time yesterday. Areas still under the high cloudiness are mostly a degree or so below 24 hours ago. The trough is beginning to kick up some moderate northwesterly breezes over northern portions of our area. The trough will continue to track southward and will spread gusty winds across central California this afternoon. There is as much as a 55 to 65 percent probability of seeing wind gusts in excess of 38 knots across the Kern County mountains and into the desert below through early Tuesday morning. Although there is likely to be a brief decrease in wind speeds Monday morning, the current Wind Advisory has been extended into early Tuesday morning. Temperatures behind the passing trough will be cooler, and afternoon highs Monday and Tuesday will be a few degrees lower than today, but still several degrees above normal. Temperatures will then warm significantly through the end of the week as high pressure builds along the west coast. Record high temperatures are likely Thursday and Friday, with as much as 70 to 80 percent probabilities of reaching records at several locations in the San Joaquin Valley. Another incoming low pressure system will then bring cooler temperatures during next weekend. && .AVIATION...Areas of MVFR visibility in blowing dust in the Kern County Deserts. Areas of MVFR and local mountain obscuring IFR through 03Z Monday in showers and possible thunderstorms over the Sierra Nevada south of Kings Canyon. Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail across the Central CA interior through at but m least the next 24 hours. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... None. && .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.html for additional information an/or to provide feedback. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 5 AM PDT Tuesday for CAZ338-339. && public...JEB aviation....JEB weather.gov/hanford
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Southern California Edison Station at Cottonwood Canyon measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
The Mojave Airport AWOS measured a peak wind gust of 68 mph.
The Southern California Edison Station at Little Oak Canyon measured a peak wind gust of 69 mph.
The Southern California Edison Station at Cache Creek measured a peak wind gust of 63 mph.
The Cache Creek CHP station measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph.
Jawbone Station measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.
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