Re: SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
448 AM PST SUN NOV 23 2008

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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-
448 AM PST SUN NOV 23 2008

...RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW LIKELY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC
MONDAY...THEN MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS
WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR.

RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS MONDAY
NIGHT...BUT MORE LIKELY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS
WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH TUESDAY...7000 FEET OR HIGHER AS THE
FLOW ALOFT WILL BE SOUTHERLY...THEN LOWER TO 6000 FEET TUESDAY
NIGHT. AS COLDER AIR REACHES THE AREA WEDNESDAY...THE SNOW LEVEL
MAY LOWER A LITTLE MORE TO AROUND 5500 FEET. TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE
TO SNOW ARE NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAIN
PASSES...INCLUDING I-5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS HOWEVER...A SMALL THREAT THAT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
COULD DEVELOP OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

A SECOND SYSTEM COULD POTENTIALLY BRING SOME COLDER AIR AND MORE
UNSETTLED WEATHER LATER THANKSGIVING DAY...AND THE REMAINDER OF
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HOWEVER...DETAILS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE
BECOMING LESS CLEAR.

HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...AS CHANGES IN THE FORECAST COULD OCCUR RATHER
QUICKLY.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN.


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BINGHAM

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
624 AM PST TUE NOV 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK TO KINGS CANYON FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK TO KINGS CANYON. AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER...A RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER WILL OCCUR THIS WEEK. THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AS A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL THEN MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW ENDING BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

They cancelled the waether statement for the Tahoe region. Looks like it's mostly headed for Yosemite.

Sure looks like it's coming on the web cams.

It looks cold and snowy at Tioga this morning.