NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
246 AM PDT MON OCT 7 2013
Storm warning issued for Kern Los Angeles County
A MUCH COLDER STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM WESTERN
CANADA BY WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH
THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...MOVING IT THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND RIGHT OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING A CHANGE TO MUCH COOLER AND WETTER
WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY. UNDERNEATH THE COLD UPPER
LEVEL LOW...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE STORM
WILL BRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA. ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 6000 FEET COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME
THIS STORM EXITS INTO THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY.
A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE STORM EXITS THE REGION. OTHERWISE...A NORTHERLY
FLOW WILL BRING A DRIER AND COLDER AIR MASS INTO THE CWA.
TEMPERATURES COULD BRIEFLY DIP INTO THE UPPER 30S IN THE COLDEST
LOCATIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY PRIOR TO DAYBREAK FRIDAY. WEAK
RIDGING ALOFT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND A DAY TO DAY MODERATION
IN TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
246 AM PDT MON OCT 7 2013
Storm warning issued for Kern Los Angeles County
A MUCH COLDER STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD FROM WESTERN
CANADA BY WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH
THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...MOVING IT THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND RIGHT OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING A CHANGE TO MUCH COOLER AND WETTER
WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND INTO THURSDAY. UNDERNEATH THE COLD UPPER
LEVEL LOW...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. MORE IMPORTANTLY...THE STORM
WILL BRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA. ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 6000 FEET COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE TIME
THIS STORM EXITS INTO THE GREAT BASIN THURSDAY.
A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE STORM EXITS THE REGION. OTHERWISE...A NORTHERLY
FLOW WILL BRING A DRIER AND COLDER AIR MASS INTO THE CWA.
TEMPERATURES COULD BRIEFLY DIP INTO THE UPPER 30S IN THE COLDEST
LOCATIONS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY PRIOR TO DAYBREAK FRIDAY. WEAK
RIDGING ALOFT WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND A DAY TO DAY MODERATION
IN TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
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