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FXUS66 KHNX 160915
AFDHNX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hanford CA
215 AM PDT Tue Apr 16 2024


.KEY MESSAGES...

1. A significant warming trend is forecast through Thursday.

2. Maximum temperatures are expected to remain fairly steady
through the weekend.

2. The warming trend will not cause hydrological concerns due
to snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada this week.

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.DISCUSSION...
A broad upper trough persisted across the west today with a cool
northerly flow aloft. Lingering low level moisture provided some
scattered stratocumulus clouds as temperatures topped out around
7 to 10 degrees below climatological normals for this time of the
year. An upper ridge over the Eastern Pacific will begin to build
inland today and push temperatures to near normal this afternoon.
Further warming will lift maximum temperatures to several degrees
above normal on Wednesday. By Thursday, highs are forecast to be
around 7 to 12 degrees above normal for this time of year. Little
changes are forecast Friday through the weekend. No precipitation
is expected for at least the next seven days as a relatively dry
airmass prevails. Here are probabilities for a high temperature
of 83 degrees or higher for locations in the San Joaquin Valley.

      Thu    Fri    Sat   Sun    Mon
Merced        31%    16%    21%    46%    26%
Madera        31%    26%    21%    51%  36%
Fresno        81%    86%    71%    76%  61%
Reedley  26% 21%21%   46%  46%
Lemoore       56%    71%    61%    66%  56%
Hanford       51%    66%    56%    66%  56%
Visalia       66%    76%    61%    76%  61%
Porterville   31%    41%    31%    51%  51%
Delano  51% 61%51%   66%  56%
Bakersfield    46%    46%    36%    61%   56%

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.AVIATION...
VFR conditions are expected across the Central CA interior for
at least the next 24 hours.

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.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
None.

&&

.CERTAINTY...
The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is high. The level of
certainty for days 3 through 7 is high.

Certainty levels include low...medium...and high. Please visit
www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.html for additional information
and/or to provide feedback.

&&

.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

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DCH

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