SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
419 AM PDT FRI JUN 26 2009
CAZ089>099-262300-
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-
419 AM PDT FRI JUN 26 2009
...A HOT WEEKEND FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN BUILDING OVER CALIFORNIA TODAY. BY
SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE FOOTHILLS
OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...AND THE HIGH DESERTS OF KERN
COUNTY WILL REACH TRIPLE DIGITS AT MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES
FROM 100 TO 110 ARE LIKELY IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE KERN
COUNTY DESERTS...WITH SUNDAY BEING THE WARMEST DAY. IN THE SIERRA
FOOTHILLS...HIGH OF 100 TO 105 ARE EXPECTED. EVEN YOSEMITE VALLEY
NEAR THE 4000 FOOT LEVEL WILL SEE HIGHS OF 95 TO 100.
IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS WEEKEND...YOU WILL NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR THE HOT WEATHER. A FEW SAFETY TIPS INCLUDE AVOIDING
STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...KEEPING YOURSELF HYDRATED BY DRINKING PLENTY
OF NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...AND USING SUNSCREEN.
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY LOWER THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK...BUT
IT WILL REMAIN SEASONABLY HOT THOUGH THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES
AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE.
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BINGHAM