SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY – HANFORD CA
400 AM PDT TUE NOV 1 2011
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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-
400 AM PDT TUE NOV 1 2011
…COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER TO RETURN THIS WEEK…
A FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE WITH IT…BUT IT WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES. IT WILL BE BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT…MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY…THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS…AND BELOW PASSES IN THE HIGH DESERTS.
A SECOND AND STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE COULD BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA…STARTING AROUND MERCED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING…SPREADING SOUTH INTO KERN COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY. MUCH COOLER WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY…WITH TEMPERATURES SOME 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR EARLY NOVEMBER.
SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA…WITH THE SNOW LEVEL FALLING TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET. THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE MAJOR PASSES…INCLUDING THE GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASS. IT WILL AGAIN BE BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
YET A THIRD SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY. THIS TOO COULD BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW…WITH A CONTINUATION OF WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
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