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WWUS86 KHNX 181934
SPSHNX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1134 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009

CAZ089>092-182145-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
1134 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009

...TEMPERATURE READINGS IN ERROR AT BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS FIELD...

THE AUTOMATED TEMPERATURE SENSOR AT MEADOWS FIELD IN BAKERSFIELD
IS IN ERROR...AND READINGS SHOULD NOT BE USED. MORE RELIABLE
TEMPERATURES FOR THE BAKERSFIELD AREA CAN BE FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE
ON MESOWEST.

BAKERSFIELD HAS NOT SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY...AT
LEAST NOT YET.

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BINGHAM

WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD







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WWUS86 KHNX 181400
SPSHNX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
600 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009

CAZ089>092-181600-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
600 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009

...PATCHY DENSE FOG CONTINUES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...

PATCHY DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO FORM IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS MORNING. AT 553 AM...THE VISIBILITY AT THE
HANFORD AIRPORT WAS A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

ALTHOUGH THE THICKEST FOG HAS BEEN REPORTED...SO FAR...IN THE
HANFORD AREA...SATELLITE IMAGES AT 530 AM SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF
FOG EXTENDING SOUTH FROM NEAR ATWATER...THROUGH CENTRAL MERCED
COUNTY...TO ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF MADERA COUNTY...THEN THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY INTO NORTHERN KINGS COUNTY.

AT THIS TIME...THE FOG IS LESS WIDESPREAD THAN ON PREVIOUS
MORNINGS...AND MOST VISIBILITIES ARE HIGHER. HOWEVER...THE FOG
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY DAYBREAK WITH
DETERIORATING VISIBILITIES. MAJOR ROADS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY
THE FOG INCLUDE HIGHWAYS 41...43...99 AND 198.

THE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES IN THE NORMALLY
COLDEST RURAL AREAS TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING. AT 555 AM...NAVAL
AIR STATION LEMOORE REPORTED A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES...AND BOTH
CASTLE AIRPORT AND THE HANFORD AIRPORT REPORTED TEMPERATURES OF 32
DEGREES. PATCHY FROST ALSO MAY FORM TOWARD SUNRISE.

REMEMBER...WHEN THE FOG GETS DENSE...DRIVE WITH COMMON SENSE. BE
PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER
FOG...SLOW DOWN...PUT HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.



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WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD







000
WWUS86 KHNX 181121
SPSHNX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
321 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009

CAZ089>092-181400-
WEST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
SOUTHWESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-SOUTHEASTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
321 AM PST SUN JAN 18 2009

...PATCHY DENSE FOG DEVELOPING IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...

PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS BEGUN TO FORM IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS MORNING. AT 315 AM...THE VISIBILITIES AT
THE HANFORD AIRPORT AND AT NAVAL AIR STATION LEMOORE WERE A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

SATELLITE IMAGES AT 3 AM SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF FOG EXTENDING
SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL MERCED COUNTY...FROM NEAR ATWATER TO THE
JUNCTION OF FRESNO...MADERA AND MERCED COUNTIES.

AT THIS TIME...THE FOG IS LESS WIDESPREAD THAN ON PREVIOUS
MORNINGS...AND MOST VISIBILITIES ARE HIGHER. HOWEVER...THE FOG
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY DAYBREAK WITH
DETERIORATING VISIBILITIES. MAJOR ROADS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY
THE FOG INCLUDE HIGHWAYS 41...43...99 AND 198.

REMEMBER...WHEN THE FOG GETS DENSE...DRIVE WITH COMMON SENSE. BE
PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER
FOG...SLOW DOWN...PUT HEADLIGHTS ON LOW BEAM...AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD







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