SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
623 AM PDT SAT APR 17 2010
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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-
623 AM PDT SAT APR 17 2010
...COLD WET WEATHER TO RETURN TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK...
MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND WILL GIVE WAY TO
ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD...WET WEATHER NEXT WEEK. A PACIFIC STORM IS
FORECAST TO REACH THE CALIFORNIA COAST MONDAY NIGHT...THEN MOVE
INLAND TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. BASED ON THE LATEST COMPUTER
PROJECTIONS...THE STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ONE TO TWO
FEET OF NEW SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA...AND UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN TO THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA TUESDAY.
A VERY COLD AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOWS IN THE COLDEST VALLEY LOCATIONS
COULD DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...AND SNOW LEVELS
COULD FALL TO AROUND 3500 FEET. LIGHT SNOW COULD FALL ON THE
GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR
LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS APPROACHING STORM.
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