HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 320 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
320 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
CAZ098-099-071200-
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
320 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT. FOR MORE
DETAILS PLEASE SEE THE LATEST /SFONPWHNX OR WWUS76 KHNX/ ISSUED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HANFORD FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1020 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM PST TUE DEC 08 2009

...WINTER STORM TO REACH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONDAY MORNING...
.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
MONDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. SNOW LEVELS OVER
MARIPOSA COUNTY WILL DROP TO AROUND 1000 FEET...WITH A GRADUAL
RISE TO NEAR 3500 FEET OVER THE GRAPEVINE IN KERN COUNTY. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY ABOVE 4000
FEET OF THE SIERRA NEVADA...WITH UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER THE
GRAPEVINE.
CAZ093>097-070230-
/O.UPG.KHNX.WS.A.0010.091207T1200Z-091208T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KHNX.WS.W.0010.091207T1200Z-091208T0800Z/
MARIPOSA MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTY FOOTHILLS-
TULARE COUNTY FOOTHILLS-KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1020 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
PST MONDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
4 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT PST MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL BEGIN VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED DURING AND AFTER THE MID DAY HOURS. SNOW
ACCUMULATION ABOVE 4000 FEET MAY RANGE FROM 14 TO 20 INCHES AND
MAY EXCEED 2 FEET LOCALLY OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA HIGH COUNTRY.
SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON THE PASSES THROUGH THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI AND WALKER
PASSES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL BETWEEN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND
THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY OR THE SOUTHLAND SHOULD CHECK CONDITIONS
BEFORE DEPARTING AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES OR DELAYS.
IN THE FOOTHILLS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 6 TO 8
INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET IN MERCED AND MARIPOSA COUNTIES...TAPERING
TO 4 TO 6 INCHES IN TULARE COUNTY. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL
DOWN TO AROUND THE 1000 TO 1500 FOOT LEVEL.
SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA CREST JUST BEFORE THE STORM AND PRODUCE LOCAL
WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 205 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM PST TUE DEC 08 2009

...WINTER STORM TO REACH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA MONDAY MORNING...
.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
MONDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. SNOW LEVELS OVER
MARIPOSA COUNTY WILL DROP TO AROUND 1000 FEET...WITH A GRADUAL
RISE TO NEAR 4000 FEET OVER THE GRAPEVINE IN KERN COUNTY. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE LIKELY ABOVE
4000 FEET OF THE SIERRA NEVADA...WITH UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER
THE GRAPEVINE.
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
CAZ095>097-061830-
/O.COR.KHNX.WS.A.0010.091207T1200Z-091208T0800Z/
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
202 AM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL BEGIN VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION EXPECTED DURING AND AFTER THE MID DAY HOURS. SNOW
ACCUMULATION ABOVE 4000 FEET MAY RANGE FROM 14 TO 20 INCHES AND
MAY EXCEED 2 FEET LOCALLY OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY.
SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH MAY DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA CREST JUST BEFORE THE STORM AND PRODUCE LOCALLY
WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$

FREEZE WATCH
Issue Date: 230 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM PST TUE DEC 08 2009

...COLDER AIR TO GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
THE MONDAY NIGHT...
.A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS IS SLOWLY SINKING SOUTH OVER THE THE
WESTERN STATES. THIS COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO FILTER INTO THE
VALLEY MONDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE COMMON OVER THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQIUN VALLEY LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
CAZ089>092-060800-
/O.NEW.KHNX.FZ.A.0003.091208T1000Z-091208T1800Z/
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
230 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2009
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH
FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL FILTER INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING AFTER MONDAY/S STORM. IN THE FRESNO AND
BAKERSFIELD METRO AREAS...THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD STAY SLIGHTLY
ABOVE FREEZING TUESDAY MORNING...BUT URBAN DWELLERS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR AT LEAST SOME FROST. IN THE OUTLYING RURAL AREAS
TEMPERATURES COULD FALL TO BETWEEN 22 AND 28 DEGREES FOR 2 TO 4
HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE...WITH A TOTAL DURATION BELOW FREEZING OF
UP TO 8 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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