WEATHER FORECAST 14-FEB-08

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WEATHER FORECAST 14-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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008 7:12 AM

SOME MAXIMUM GUST FIGURES FROM YESTERDAYS WIND STORM: BISHOP 51.4 MPH; INDEPENDENCE 63.2 MPH; LONE PINE 51.1 MPH. BY COMPARISON, NORTH LAKE RECEIVED 35.4 MPH. IT WILL BE COLDER TODAY AND CONTINUED WINDY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT. LINGERING, ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS MORNING. PERSISTENT HIGH WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TODAY IN THE OWENS VALLEY WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. PLEASE MONITOR THE LOCAL ROAD CONDITIONS AS BLOWING DUST COULD AGAIN BE A PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON. ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE AREA LEADING TO MUCH REDUCED WINDS AND A SLIGHT WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

TODAY FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 50 AND EVENING LOWS RANGING FROM 20 - 29. NORTHWEST WIND 20 - 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45. WINDS WILL LOWER TO NORTHWEST 15 - 20 GUSTING TO 30 THIS EVENING. BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE ON HWY 395 PARTICULARLY FROM INDEPENDENCE TO BIG PINE.

TOMORROW FOR BISHOP AND THE OWENS VALLEY: MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 62 AND EVENING LOWS RANGING FROM 23 -30. NORTHWEST WIND 10 - 15 GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

TODAY FOR MAMMOTH LAKES AND THE MONO VALLEYS: PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 26 IN TOWN TO 38 FOR THE MONO VALLEYS WITH LOWS RANGING FROM 10 - 20. NORTHEAST WIND 10 -15 MPH GUSTING TO 30 IN TOWN AND 90 OVER THE CREST DECREASING TO 70.

TOMORROW FOR MAMMOTH LAKES AND THE MONO VALLEYS: MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 38 IN TOWN TO 47 FOR THE MONO VALLEYS WITH LOWS RANGING FROM 8 - 18. NORTH WIND 10 MPH.

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