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SPOT FORECAST FOR MARIPOSA WINTER STORMS...MARIPOSA OA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1234 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1142 PDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD MOISTURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WITH MOSTLY SNOW CONTINUING
THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY AND LIKELY INTO SATURDAY. THE FIRST DISTURBANCE
WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER SURGE RIGHT BEHIND MOVING INLAND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4000 FEET THROUGH FRIDAY. EXPECT 5-8 INCHES
OF SNOW TONIGHT AROUND YOSEMITE AND ANOTHER 10-15 INCHES THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WITH WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER
EXPECTED SUNDAY.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS...THEN SNOW LATE IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 21.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 33.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TAPERING OFF BY MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURES....MIN 21


FORECASTER...GREISS
$$REQUESTED BY...JIM  MIDDLETON
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110323.MARIP.01/HNX