SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
200 PM PDT SAT MAR 27 2010

CAZ089>099-280500-
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-
200 PM PDT SAT MAR 27 2010

...A COLD PACIFIC STORM TO ARRIVE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...

A PACIFIC STORM IS FORECAST TO REACH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR NEXT TUESDAY...BRINGING RAIN...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO
THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO MERCED AND MARIPOSA
COUNTIES TUESDAY...THEN SPREAD SOUTH WEDNESDAY AS COLD AIR MOVES
INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. SNOW LEVELS COULD FALL AS LOW AS 2500
FEET BY LATE WEDNESDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE
SIERRA FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NORTH FORK AND COARSEGOLD.
HEAVIER SHOWERS COULD LOCALLY LOWER SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO
MARIPOSA...OAKHURST AND SPRINGVILLE...OR EVEN LOWER. IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY...HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...A FEW INCHES COULD FALL ON
THE GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASSES.

THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND ALSO TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY.

THE STORM IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MOVING EAST OF THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA INTERIOR BY LATE THURSDAY...BUT UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR
WILL REMAIN POOLED OVER THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY INTO THE END OF
NEXT WEEK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS STORM.

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