SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
955 PM PST TUE DEC 9 2008
...TURNING MUCH COOLER AND UNSETTLED OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...
RELATIVELY MILD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK WILL BE REPLACED BY MUCH
COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE AREAS ARE
FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST...WITH THE FIRST ONE REACHING NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA SATURDAY. THIS WILL USHER IN THE COOLING TREND...BUT NOT A GREAT DEAL OF
PRECIPITATION. A SECOND COLDER AND POTENTIALLY WETTER SYSTEM DROPS DOWN THE COAST
SUNDAY...WITH YET ANOTHER MONDAY.
SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL SHARPLY SATURDAY...REACHING WELL INTO THE FOOTHILLS SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS BY SUNDAY COULD
BE AS LOW AS 1500 FEET...AND POSSIBLY AFFECT TRAVEL INTO FOOTHILL AREAS AS WELL AS ANY
MOUNTAIN PASSES.
WHILE IT IS STILL TO EARLY TO SAY FOR CERTAIN THIS WILL OCCUR...EVERYONE SHOULD PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WINTER
WEATHER. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GREATLY AFFECT TRAVEL...NOT ONLY PASSES SUCH AS
I-5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...BUT COASTAL PASSES AS WELL.