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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING STORM YOSE 2011...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1152 AM PDT TUE MAR 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1106 PDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE NEXT IN THE SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE
INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND BRING A PERIOD OF
PRECIPITATION TO YOSEMITE PARK THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. A SECOND STRONGER STORM WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
BY THURSDAY MORNING AND BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE PARK THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ABOVE THE SNOW
LINE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW BECOMING LIKELY IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4000 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
                    UP TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-33.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL
                    4300 FEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 20 INCHES
                    ABOVE 5000 FEET.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-40.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 5-10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING.
                    SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 3500 FEET. SNOW
                    ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 13 INCHES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-31.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
                    UP TO 16 INCHES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-35.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 7-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...KELLY MARTIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110322.SPRIN.01/HNX