FXUS66 KHNX 191718
AFDHNX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hanford CA
918 AM PST Wed Feb 19 2025

.UPDATE...
Updated Aviation Section.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1. Dry conditions will prevail through early next week as high
pressure strengthens off the coast and moves inland.

2. There is a 50 to 80 percent chance for wind gusts greater than
50 mph along the Mojave Desert Slopes today.

3. There is high confidence for a warming trend across the region
this weekend, with the Climate Prediction Center giving an 80 to
90 percent chance for above normal temperatures in the 6 to 10 day
outlook.

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.DISCUSSION...
Satellite loops show extensive high clouds across the region in
association with an upper trough off the Pacific Northwest coast.
This trough will move inland today with precipitation expected
to remain to our north. The main impact will be increased winds
along the Mojave Desert Slopes this afternoon through tonight.
There is a 50 to 80 percent probability for wind gusts greater
than 50 mph today with the focus during the evening time frame.
Warm air advection will bump temperatures up to around 3 to 7
degrees above climatological averages this afternoon, which are
mainly in the lower to middle 60s across the San Joaquin Valley.

The upper trough will move east over the Great Basin on Thursday.
A cooler northwest flow aloft will develop across central CA for
temperatures lowering back to around climatological averages. An
upper ridge over the eastern Pacific is expected to build inland
Friday through the weekend. Temperatures rebound back to around
3 to 7 degrees above average on Friday and are then forecast to
climb into the lower 70s across the SJ Valley this weekend. The
probabilities for a high temperature greater than 70 degrees on
Saturday ranges from 40 to 75 percent and then Sunday 70 to 95
percent. The probability for a high greater than 75 degrees is
highest in Bakersfield on Sunday at 45 percent. Little changes
are expected on Monday then slight cooling is forecast Tuesday
as another upper trough moves over the Pacific Northwest.

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.AVIATION...
18Z Update:

VFR conditions will prevail for the next 24 hours.

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.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...
On Wednesday February 19 2025, Fireplace/Wood Stove Burning
Status is: No Burning Unless Registered in Fresno and Kern
Counties. Burning Discouraged in Kings, Madera, Merced, and
Tulare Counties, and Kern (Greater Frazier Park Area) and
Sequoia National Park and Forest.

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.CERTAINTY...

The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is high.
The level of certainty for days 3 through 7 is medium.

Certainty levels include low...medium...and high. Please visit
www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.html for additional information
and/or to provide feedback.

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.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Wind Advisory from noon today to 7 AM PST Thursday for CAZ338.

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DCH

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