FNUS76 KSGX 121620
FWSSGX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COACHELLA...UNLISTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
920 AM PDT THU APR 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0818 PDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
QUIET WEATHER TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING WIND...AND A GOOD
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING BY LATE FRIDAY AS A COLD STORM
APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS FORM THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL
BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST DURING THE EVENING. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
LOOK LIKELY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...THERE IS A
CHANCE FOR ISOLATED GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH FRIDAY EVENING IN THE VALLEY.
RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT...AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH...BUT MAY COME
DOWN HEAVY...BRIEFLY...LATE FRI AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES DURING
THE DAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER 70S...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL
FALL INTO THE 50S. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND TEMPS IN THE 50S AND
60S MUCH OF THE TIME WILL BE UNUSUALLY COOL FOR MID APRIL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST 10 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND................NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....5 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT
                    RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND................SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH...
                    BECOMING 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHC WETTING RAIN....INCREASING TO 60 PERCENT LATE IN THE DAY.

OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY...WINDY AND
COLD. LOW FRI NIGHT AROUND 55. HIGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEAR 70.
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...JOE DANDREA
REQUESTED BY...CHAD MOXLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20120412.COACH.01/SGX