Mariposa projected high temps for Wednesday: 73 degrees and Thursday: 74 degrees

Oakhurst projected high temps for Wednesday: 74 degrees and Thursday: 75 degrees

Yosemite Valley projected high temps for Wednesday: 66 degrees and Thursday: 66 degrees

March 4, 2020 - The National Weather Service Hanford Office reports high temperatures over the central California interior today and Thursday will be more typical of early May than early March and average about 15 degrees above normal.

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  Area Forecast Discussion 
  National Weather Service Hanford CA 
  315 AM PST Wed Mar 4 2020 
   
   
  .SYNOPSIS...Dry weather with much warmer than normal temperatures 
  will continue across the area through Friday. A weak storm system 
  will cool temperatures to near seasonal levels and bring a chance 
  of precipitation to the area this weekend, especially over the  
  mountains. 
   
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  .DISCUSSION... 
  Ridging will be in control over the next several days. Today 
  temperatures will be running about 6-8 degrees warmer and many 
  locations across the San Joaquin Valley and Kern County desert 
  areas will see temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and a few 
  locations will make it to 80 degrees. Temperatures will be much 
  above normal for the entire area through Friday. Normal 
  temperatures for both Fresno and Bakersfield are in the mid 60s  
  so with forecasted highs near the 80 degree mark we are looking  
  at 15 to 18 degrees above normal values. Record highs look to be 
  safe with the Fresno record at 84 degrees and Bakersfield at 88 
  degrees both set back in 1929. 
   
  Ridging will give way to a weak trough by Saturday and will bring 
  cooler temperatures and an increase in winds and clouds. 
  Light precipitation will be possible with this system passage. A 
  cutoff low is progged to hug just off of the west coast over the 
  Pacific and will drop south to move inland over southern 
  California. The exact track of this system will be important 
  because if the track inland is further north by 100 miles, chances 
  for precipitation will be greater for our forecast area. So this 
  will need to be monitored. Everyone knows we could use the 
  precipitation. 

Source: NWS