WEATHER FORECAST 11/21/07

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

LAST UPDATE: 7:33 AM PST NOV 21, 2007

DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH NORTHERLY BREEZES IN MONO COUNTY AND PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. FOR THANKSGIVING DAY, A SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN, GIVING OUR AREA DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS, WITH RIDGETOP GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. MAMMOTH AND MONO COUNTRY SHOULD SEE WINDS IN THE 10 - 20 MPH RANGE. CONTINUED DRY, COOL AND WINDY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR OUR AREA.

TODAY FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: SUNNY SKIES AND COOLER. HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWS IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: SUNNY CLEAR SKIES. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTH WIND 10 - 15 MPH.

TODAY FOR MAMMOTH LAKES AND THE MONO VALLEYS: PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S FOR THE TOWN AND THE UPPER 40S FOR THE VALLEYS. LOW TEMPERATURE RANGE 15 - 26. NORTHWEST WIND 10 MPH.

TOMORROW FOR MAMMOTH LAKES AND THE MONO VALLEYS: SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 40 FOR THE TOWN AND THE 50 FOR THE VALLEYS. LOW TEMPERATURE RANGE 13 - 25. NORTHWEST WIND 10 - 15 GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH LATER IN THE EVENING.

A SHORT LIVED RIDGE BUILDS IN ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING. THEN ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY A TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE WEST COAST WITH THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE TO OUR NORTH. ON WEDNESDAY, A COLDER SYSTEM OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIVING THE HIGH COUNTRY A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION INTO THURSDAY. A TREND TO DEEPER, COLDER SYSTEMS MOVING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA COULD BE SETTING UP. IF THIS PATTERN AMPLIFIES, THEN COLDER, WETTER SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN TO DROP SOUTHWARD GIVING OUR AREA HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SIERRA.