SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1100 AM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009
CAZ096-097-050600-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1100 AM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009
...COLDER AND UNSETTLED LATER THIS WEEK...
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AND COLD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO
AND ACROSS THE SIERRA ON THURSDAY AND LINGER INTO LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE CALENDAR SAYS EARLY AUGUST, THE INCOMING
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WEATHER MORE NORMAL FOR SPRING OR EARLY
FALL. AS THE LOW MOVES ONSHORE ON THURSDAY, THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SIERRA AND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER
AIR, SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AS LOW AS 10000 FEET IN HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS.
SINCE THIS IS PEAK SEASON FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE SIERRA
HIGH COUNTRY, THE CHANGE TO A MUCH COLDER, WET WEATHER SCENARIO WILL
AFFECT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE. HIKERS AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE PREPARED
FOR UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF RAIN AND THUNDER.
OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 10000 FEET ALONG
WITH SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING.
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UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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BSO