Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to K (California)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
439 PM PDT FRI SEP 11 2009
CAZ089>099-121200-
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-
439 PM PDT FRI SEP 11 2009
...COOLER AND POTENTIALLY UNSETTLED BY MONDAY...
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND ITS ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST LATE SUNDAY
OR SUNDAY NIGHT...MOVING INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA EARLY
MONDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...AND HIGHS
MONDAY ARE LIKELY TO BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES OR MORE BELOW AVERAGE
FOR MID SEPTEMBER.
FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE FRONT WILL
WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND EARLY MONDAY...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE VALLEY FROM FRESNO COUNTY NORTH. ANY RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO BE QUITE LIGHT...WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH
AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION.
OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY...BECOMING MOST NUMEROUS MONDAY AFTERNOON
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN
WELL ABOVE 8000 FEET.
FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DESERT AREAS...INCREASING
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. OCCASIONAL
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY THROUGH AND BELOW
WIND FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS.
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE OUT QUICKLY AND BE EAST OF THE
AREA BY MONDAY EVENING...THOUGH A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER OVER
THE SIERRA MONDAY NIGHT.
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BINGHAM