SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
344 AM PDT MON OCT 26 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-
344 AM PDT MON OCT 26 2009
...WINDY AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER ON THE WAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA INTERIOR LATE TONIGHT AND FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS AND
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY IN
MANY LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S IN THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO
40 MPH ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE...WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST AND POOR VISIBILITY.
IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS
WILL GUST TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST CANYON WINDS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
MONO WINDS MAY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST FACING CANYONS DURING
THIS TIME.
PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT SHOULD
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR
UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING PATTERN.
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