WEATHER FORECAST 08-FEB-08

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FORECAST FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AND MAMMOTH AREA
PROVIDED BY DENNIS MATTINSON
EASTERN SIERRA WEATHER FORECASTER
BROADCASTING FOUR TIMES A DAY ON THE SIERRAWAVE 92.5 / 96.5 FM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2008 7:20 AM

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS IN PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY AND WITH THE STRONG INVERSIONS GOING ON IN THE HIGH COUNTRY, THIS MAKES FOR THE BEGINING OF A GREAT EASTERN SIERRA WEEKEND. ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT A WEAK SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND JUST BRUSHES MONO COUNTY CREATING SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AND THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF PRECIPT. OTHERWISE, NICE WEATHER THROUGH TUESDAY. THEN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN REACHES OF OUR AREA AND BRINGS THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW TO MAMMOTH AND THE MONO COUNTY HIGH COUNTRY.

TONIGHT FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. EVENING LOW TEMPERATURE RANGE 28 - 33. NORTHWEST WIND 3 - 6 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: SUNNY. HIGH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AROUND 62 AND EVENING LOWS 30 - 35 WEST WIND 5 MPH.

TONIGHT FOR MAMMOTH LAKES AND THE MONO VALLEYS: MOSTLY CLEAR. NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURE RANGE 19 - 27. NORTH WIND 5 - 10 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR MAMMOTH LAKES AND THE MONO VALLEYS: SUNNY. DAYTIME HIGHS AROUND 50 FOR THE TOWN AND THE 57 FOR THE VALLEYS. NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURE RANGE 21 - 31. EAST WIND 5 MPH.


((NOTE: DENNIS' FORECAST ORIGINATES FROM THE FORT INDEPENDENCE EPA METEOROLOGICAL STATION AND IS FOR A SPECIFIC AREA AND TIME FRAME.))