HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 405 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 415 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SEE THE
LATEST WWUS76 KHNX FOR DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT OR
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 225 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 1030 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...STRONG STORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE END OF
NEXT WEEK...
A COLD CANADIAN STORM WILL DROP SOUTH INTO CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY.
THIS STORM WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL...ONE-HALF INCH
OR LESS...TO THE VALLEY FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. THE FAR SOUTH VALLEY WILL SEE MUCH LOWER RAINFALL AMOUNTS
DUE TO RAIN SHADOWING FROM THE COASTAL RANGE.
SNOW MAY REACH THE LOWEST ELEVATIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND TRAVEL
COULD BE DIFFICULT OVER THE COASTAL PASSES...THE GRAPEVINE...AND
THROUGH FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE VALLEY MAY BE THE GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED AT
TIMES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY ON SUNDAY AND
WILL INCREASE FURTHER IN SOME AREAS ON MONDAY. THE STRONGEST
WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE
WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY AND THE FAR SOUTH VALLEY BELOW THE
GRAPEVINE.
ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN QUITE COLD MONDAY NIGHT THE PRECIPITATION
WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN END. A MUCH WETTER STORM ORIGINATING FROM
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN WILL AFFECT THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
DROP SEVERAL INCHES OR RAIN AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. LOCALIZED
FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND IN URBAN
AREAS.
LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS DURING THE NEXT 7
DAYS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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