FORECAST 07-MAR-08

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008 7:03 AM

OUR UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FLATTENS A BIT TODAY IN RESPONSE TO COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE WEST COAST. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INLAND TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH VERY LITTLE MOISTURE AVAILABLE. BANDS OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVER OUR AREA LATER TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS FRONT. WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING IN MONO COUNTY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY AS WELL. THESE WINDS SHOULD NOT REACH ADVISORY LEVELS THOUGH. ON SUNDAY THE EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE STRENGTHENS GIVING US CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. ON MONDAY A FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE CLIPS OUR AREA THEN MOVES ON TUESDAY. THERE IS AN EVER SO SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION MONDAY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. THEN AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST, WE WILL GET SOME UP SLOPE CLOUDS. RIDGING STRENGTHENS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS. ALL IN ALL, OUR DRY PATTERN LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE.

TODAY FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S AND EVENING LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND BECOMING 3 - 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TOMORROW FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S AND EVENING LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 - 15 MPH GUSTING TO 23.

TODAY FOR MAMMOTH LAKES: MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 49 AND EVENING LOWS AROUND 24. CALM WIND BECOMING WEST 5 - 10 MPH THEN 5 - 15 GUSTING TO 25 LATER TODAY.

TOMORROW FOR MAMMOTH LAKES: MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 47 AND EVENING LOWS AROUND 27. NORTH WIND 5 - 10 MPH.

TODAY FOR MONO COUNTY: SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 50 - 60 AND EVENING LOWS 15 - 25. LIGHT WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 - 10 MPH THEN 10 - 15 GUSTING TO 25 LATE IN THE EVENING.

TOMORROW FOR MONO COUNTY: PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 47 - 57 AND EVENING LOWS 17 - 27. NORTH WIND 10 - 15 MPH GUSTING TO 35.

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