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FXUS66 KHNX 071135
AFDHNX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
335 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW CLOUDS WILL FILL THE SKY TODAY BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO
THE REGION. HOWEVER NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.

.DISCUSSION...REMAINS OF A MAINLY DISSIPATED FRONT ARE MOVING THRU
THE REGION THIS MORNING. CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUDS ARE DEVELOPING IN
THE VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS PRETTY MUCH AS EXPECTED. OVER
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA AND HIGH DESERTS OF KERN COUNTY
SKIES ARE MOCLEAR. BIG FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WILL BE WHERE AND
HOW LONG CLOUDS HANG AROUND. FOR THE VALLEY AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF
THE SIERRA AND TEHACHAPIS...THE CLOUDS WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S OR HIGHS IN THE MID-UPPER 60S. DONT
BET ON UPPER 60S ANYWHERE AND I HAVE GRAVE DOUBTS ABOUT MID 60S.
PLUGGED IN THE NAM12BC NUMBERS WHICH IS THE COOLEST MODEL...BUT IT
MAY STILL NOT BE ENOUGH. CLOUDS MAY ERODE A BIT SUN AS SOME LOW
LEVEL DRYING TAKES PLACE AND TEMPS WILL MODERATE A FEW DEGS.

OTHERWISE...ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PAC WILL
BRING DRY WEATHER AT LEAST THRU EARLY WED. WEAK WARM ADVECTION ON
MON AND TUES WILL BRING A SLIGHT WARMING TREND AND TEMPS COULD
RETURN TO A FEW DEGS ABOVE AVERAGE. AFTER TUES...MODELS STILL HAVE
A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCES ON HANDLING OF THE SHORTWAVE TROF THAT
DIGS SE WED/THURS. FOR THIS FORECAST...CONTINUED PREVIOUS THOUGHTS
AND LEFT IN SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE HIGH SIERRA WED NITE
THRU THURS NITE. COOLER WED THRU THE END OF THE WEEK.

.AVIATION...
AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND OVER
THE FOOTHILLS AND VALLEY FACING SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
THROUGH 18Z TODAY. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY.

.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
NONE

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

PUBLIC...BINGHAM
AVN/FW...DS

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD