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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
349 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
CAZ089>099-241900-
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-
349 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
...MUCH COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...THE TEHACHAPI
MOUNTAINS...AND HIGH DESERT OF KERN COUNTY...HOWEVER SPEEDS WILL
BE MUCH LOWER THAN WEDNESDAY`S.
AN ABNORMALLY COOL LOW PRESSURE AREA FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS
FORECAST TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE REGION BY TONIGHT...CONTINUING
INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES BY FRIDAY WILL BE SOME 15
TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SIERRA
FOOTHILLS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN SUNDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
EAST OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO NEAR
NORMAL SUNDAY...AND A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
$$
DUDLEY
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
345 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-250100-
SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
345 AM PDT THU MAY 24 2012
...COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER FRIDAY...
A COLD LATE-SEASON WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST ON SATURDAY.
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE
FRIDAY...HOWEVER LINGERING SHOWERS ALONG THE SIERRA ARE EXPECTED
INTO SATURDAY.
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WITH BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE DURING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LIGHT TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL
COULD ACCUMULATE ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN
SIERRA CREST...GENERALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. MOST ROADWAYS WILL
NOT SEE AS MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION DUE TO THE WARM SURFACE TEMPS WE
HAVE BEEN HAVING AND LONGER DAYLIGHT HOURS. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO
BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES THAT MEASURE ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. CAMPERS...HIKERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS ARE ADVISED
TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WEATHER FOR THE
NORTHERN SIERRA.
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JCLAPP
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