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FXUS66 KHNX 250455
AFDHNX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
855 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2009



.SYNOPSIS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH PATCHY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
FOG.

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.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONT TO PROVIDE MAINLY
CLEAR SKIES AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS THRU THANKSGIVING. PATCHY NITE
AND MORNING FOG IN THE VALLEY SHOULD NOT GREATLY HINDER ANY
TRAVEL PLANS. NEW GFS CONTINUES TO DAMPEN OUT NEXT TROF AND FRONT
TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION FRI. THIS MORNINGS 12Z ECMWF WAS A
LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH (YOSEMITE PARK) WITH MOISTURE...BUT THAT WAS
ABOUT IT. COOLER AND BREEZY BEHIND THE FRONT LATER FRI INTO SAT.
SOME HINT AT A WEAK MONO WIND LATE SAT AND EARLY SUN IN THE
SIERRA BETWEEN FRESNO COUNTY AND YOSEMITE AS A 1032+ MB SFC HIGH
BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN SAT NITE...AND THE MID-LEVEL FLOW
TURNS NE. BEYOND SAT A STRONG HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE IS FCST FOR SUN
AND BEYOND ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ACROSS CENTRAL CA...WITH A
SLIGHT WARMING TREND.


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.AVIATION...
AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS IN HAZE ACROSS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
THROUGH 03Z WEDNESDAY...BECOMING AREAS OF IFR IN MIST AFTER 03Z
WEDNESDAY WITH LCL LIFR IN FOG FROM 09Z TO 16Z WEDNESDAY. AREAS
MVFR IN HAZE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FROM 16Z
WEDNESDAY THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THROUGH 06Z
THURSDAY.

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.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25 2009... UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS IN
FRESNO AND KERN COUNTIES.  FIREPLACE/WOOD STOVE BURNING IS
PROHIBITED IN FRESNO... KERN... KINGS... MADERA AND MERCED
COUNTIES.
FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT VALLEYAIR.ORG

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.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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AVN/FW...MV

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD