FNUS76 KSGX 131159
FWSSGX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COACHELLA...UNLISTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
459 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET WILL SPREAD EAST
AND SOUTH THIS MORNING ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY THIS MORNING...REACHING THE SAN JACINTO RANGER
DISTRICT BY MIDDAY...THE PALOMAR RANGER DISTRICT IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON...AND THE DESCANSO RANGER DISTRICT BY LATE AFTERNOON.
WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS. COLD AND WET ALL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH
MOST OF SATURDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO 3500 FEET. STRONG AND
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY AND SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDING TO THE NORTH
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY FOR WARMING AND DRYING TREND
WITH WEAK TO MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN LIGHT SHOWERS
                    AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WINDS NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH AND GUSTY...BECOMING
                    15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHC WETTING RAIN....60 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WINDS NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CHC WETTING RAIN....20 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WINDS NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH...BECOMING 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHC WETTING RAIN....5 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...PHIL GONSALVES
REQUESTED BY...CHAD MOXLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120413.COACH.01/SGX