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SPOT FORECAST FOR WINTER STORMS...MARIPOSA OA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1214 PM PDT WED MAR 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1139 PDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD MOISTURE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WITH RAIN 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.  RAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT ANOTHER ONE AND A QUARTER TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WITH WARMER
AND DRIER WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS...THEN RAIN LATER IN THE NIGHT.
SNOW LEVEL NEAR TO ABOVE THE 4000 FOOT LEVEL
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES LATE
AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4000 FEET.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 45.

.THURSDAY NIGHT.....CLOUDY. RAIN CONTINUING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....NEAR 35.


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