FORECAST 16-SEP-08

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FORECAST FOR THE OWENS VALLEY, MAMMOTH AND MONO COUNTY
PROVIDED BY DENNIS MATTINSON
EASTERN SIERRA WEATHER FORECASTER
KSRW 92.5 / 96.5 FM AND TV-33

TUESDAY, 16-SEP-08, 7:01 AM

A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR US STARTING TODAY AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF THE COAST AND THEN INLAND. ON THURSDAY ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH OUR NORTH BRINGING WITH IT A COOLER AIRMASS. WHAT ALL THIS MEANS FOR US IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY. THEN COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY AND PARTICULARLY THURSDAY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. THOSE TEMPS STAY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND THEN WE CAN EXPECT A SLIGHT WARM UP INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

DUE TO THE POSSIBLE MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS, A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MONO COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

TODAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY: SUNNY SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 92 FOLLOWED BY OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 - 9 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 88 AND OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND 50. SOUTH WIND 7 - 11 MPH.

TODAY FOR THE TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES: SUNNY EARLY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 20%. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 69 AND EVENING LOWS NEAR 42. SOUTH WIND 5 - 10 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR THE TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES: MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 67 AND EVENING LOWS NEAR 38. SOUTH WIND 5 - 10 MPH.

TODAY FOR MONO COUNTY: SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 74 - 84 AND EVENING LOWS 33 - 43. SOUTH WIND 10 - 15 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR MONO COUNTY: SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 70 - 80 AND OVERNIGHT LOWS 29 - 39. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 - 15 MPH.

NOTE: DENNIS' FORECAST ORIGINATES FROM THE FORT INDEPENDENCE EPA METEOROLOGICAL STATION. BECAUSE WEATHER CONDITIONS VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION IN THE EASTERN SIERRA, THIS FORECAST IS FOR A SPECIFIC AREA AND TIME FRAME.