SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
359 AM PDT SUN MAY 16 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-
359 AM PDT SUN MAY 16 2010
...COOLER AND WET WEATHER TO RETURN MONDAY...
ANOTHER PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. A PERIOD OF
MAINLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA WITH THIS
SYSTEM...THEN TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT...AND MOSTLY END BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES MONDAY AS CLOUDS
THICKEN AND AREAS OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOP. HOWEVER...THIS IS NOT
A COLD STORM...AND SNOW LEVELS IN THE SIERRA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
WELL ABOVE 8000 FEET...ONLY LOWERING TO 7000 TO 8000 FEET MONDAY
NIGHT AT THE LOWEST.
RAIN AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT...RANGING FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS IN THE VALLEY...UP TO A HALF INCH IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
FOOTHILLS...AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IN THE TEHACHAPIS. THE
HIGH DESERTS OF KERN COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY.
SNOWFALL IN THE HIGH SIERRA SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF FOOT.
HOWEVER...IF YOU PLAN TO BE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY MONDAY YOU SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 8000
FEET.
BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY...HEAVY RAIN IS NOT
ANTICIPATED IN THE SIERRA. THUS...NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
SNOWMELT RUNOFF IS EXPECTED INTO MOUNTAIN RIVERS AND STREAMS.
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BINGHAM