FORECAST 05-MAY-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

MONDAY, 05-MAY-08, 7:06 AM

AN UPPER LOW OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL GIVE OUR HIGH COUNTRY SOME INSTABILITY PRODUCING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LOW DEPARTS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A WEAK RIDGE GIVING US SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER LOW WILL THEN PUSH ACROSS OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY GIVING THE HIGH COUNTRY ANOTHER CHANCE AT A FEW SHOWERS. THIS OFF AND ON PATTERN OF SHORTWAVES BRUSHING OUR AREA WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY KEEPING TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

TODAY FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: PARTLY SUNNY SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND EVENING LOWS IN THE LOW 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 - 15 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S AND EVENING LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 - 15 MPH GUSTING TO 26.

TODAY FOR MAMMOTH LAKES: PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH OUT THE DAY AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 66 AND EVENING LOWS AROUND 34. NORTHWEST WIND 5 - 10 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR MAMMOTH LAKES: MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20% CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 69 AND EVENING LOWS AROUND 36. WEST WIND 5 - 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25.

TODAY FOR MONO COUNTY: PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 63 - 72 AND EVENING LOWS 30 - 40. NORTH WIND 10 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR MONO COUNTY: PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 65 - 75 AND EVENING LOWS 32 - 42. WEST WIND 10 -15 MPH GUSTING TO 30.

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