Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1141 AM PST TUE NOV 17 2009

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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-
1141 AM PST TUE NOV 17 2009

...UNSETTLED WEATHER TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THIS
WEEK...

A PAIR OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR THIS WEEK...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES...BREEZY
CONDITIONS AND A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

THE FIRST STORM IS THE WEAKER OF THE TWO...AND WILL QUICKLY MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. VERY LITTLE IN
THE WAY OF RAIN OR MOUNTAIN SNOW IS EXPECTED...BUT IT WILL BRING
COOLER TEMPERATURES...WITH BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS.

THE SECOND...AND SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER STORM WILL REACH THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE A COLDER
SYSTEM...WITH SNOW LEVELS FROM NEAR 4500 FEET AROUND YOSEMITE
PARK...TO AROUND 6000 FEET IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS STORM ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS
TIME. THE VALLEY FLOOR COULD SEE AS MUCH AS A QUARTER INCH...WITH
BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND ONE INCH OF RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA. ABOVE 5000 TO 6000 FEET...SNOW TOTALS FOR THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF THE TEHACHAPIS.

THIS STORM ALSO WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE SIERRA HIGH COUNTRY
AND THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES OF THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

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Woo-Hoo! My wife and I will be there on Saturday. Maybe we'll have some snow!