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FXUS66 KHNX 041614
AFDHNX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
815 AM PST SUN DEC 4 2005

.SHORT TERM...FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...LAST OF THE KERN
COUNTY MOUNTAIN BANKED UP CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED AND THE AREA IS
UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. A FEW CIRRUS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AND THATS ABOUT IT. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WERE COLD IN
THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS AND OVER PARTS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
WHERE FROST WAS WIDESPREAD. THE FROST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 900. FOR THE SHORT TERM, WILL NEED TO WATCH THE DEW
POINTS TODAY AND TEMPERATURE PROGS FOR A POSSIBLE SECOND FROST
ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR THE SJV. WELL SEE.

IN THE OVERALL PATTERN, LITTLE CHANGE IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS
THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST
WITH TIME. A SLIGHT WARMING TREND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. NO UPDATES TO THE GRIDS NEEDED THIS MORNING AND WILL
BE ISSUING A ZONE UPDATE TO REMOVE THE FROST ADVISORY WORDING.

.LONG TERM...FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS STILL ARE RATHER INCONSISTENT IN HANDLING THE DISPOSITION OF
THE SHORTWAVE ENERGY DROPPING OVER THE EAST PACIFIC UPPER RIDGE
DURING THE PERIOD. MODELS CURRENTLY SUGGEST A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING
SOMEWHERE FROM OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO WELL OFFSHORE THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST BY THURSDAY...POSSIBLY DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD
NORTHERN BAJA BY SATURDAY. WITH LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN MODEL SOLUTIONS
DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE
FORECAST. MAINTAINING JUST VERY SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIP MAINLY
NORTH OF KERN COUNTY FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH
TEMPERATURES REMAINING PRETTY CLOSE TO CLIMO THROUGH THE PERIOD.

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.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO TAFS FOR MCE...KFAT...AND
KBFL.

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.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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