Mariposa projected high temp for Tuesday: 59 degrees
Oakhurst projected high temp for Tuesday: 61 degrees
Yosemite Valley projected high temp for Tuesday: 57 degrees
March 6, 2022 - The National Weather Service Hanford Office reports high temperatures this afternoon will be around five degrees warmer than yesterday.
Maximum temperatures Monday afternoon will be about five degrees warmer than this afternoon.
By Tuesday afternoon, high temperatures will be near normal for this time of year
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hanford CA 250 AM PST Sun Mar 6 2022 .SYNOPSIS... Dry and mild conditions will be in store for next week, with temperatures rising to a few degrees above normal by midweek. && .DISCUSSION... The second of two storms is finally exiting the region with lingering clouds banking up on the south and eastern side of the San Joaquin Valley. Other than the cloud bank along the foothills and the south end of the valley, will expect mostly sunny skies across most of the district today. The cold air-mass from the second storm is now entrenched over Central California as near freezing conditions will be observed this morning as well as that of Monday morning. The cold air continues to push south and is filtering into the Mojave Desert. While the surface pressure gradient from KSFO to KLAS is still around 8mb, the trend is to continue relaxing the gradient as more cold air reaches into the desert. Therefore, allowed the Wind Advisory to expire this morning as the breezy winds diminish to light winds after sunrise. While the district will begin drying out during the next few days, a cyclonic flow pattern will exist over the West Coast that will limit the amount of warming for most of the week. Ridging will not dominate the region until next weekend. NBM point analysis along with instability analysis show clouds lingering over the higher terrain today. While most of the valley will remain clear, the south end near Bakersfield will see cloud through at least sunset this Sunday. Probabilistic cloud cover and instability analysis show the West Coast becoming very stable on Monday as Clear Skies are expected to dominate the Central California Interior. Even with the sunshine, a northerly flow aloft over the region will prevent any strong warm-ups. Therefore, slow heating will occur for most of the week and Central California stays near seasonal normal values. Ensemble Cluster Analysis is showing no strong signal toward a rapid warm-up with stronger confidence in the cooler temperature solution. Even-more, Probabilistic Minimum temperatures Index values point toward very cold night through Monday. The index will add value toward the cold temperature solution as near freezing may be observed for the next two mornings. As mentioned before, winds are diminishing. Yet, the cyclonic flow may allow for one more piece of energy to cut across the district on Monday for a brief increase in Desert winds. Approaching days six and seven, uncertainty in the possible solution increases, but, does lean toward a ridge axis over the West Coast. Currently, most of the uncertainty lies in the timing of the ridges approach onto the West Coast. If the ridge is slowed by the exiting disturbance moving through the Midwest, the ridge may have to wait to provide significant warming. Therefore, even going into the weekend, dry conditions will be accompanied by warming that is less the ten degrees from their seasonal normal. && .AVIATION... Areas of mountain obscuring IFR will prevail in lingering snow showers over the Sierra Nevada, adjacent foothills, and Kern County mountains through 06Z Sunday. Westerly wind gusts up to 55 mph are possible across the Kern County mountains and desert through 08Z Sunday. Otherwise, expect mainly VFR conditions over the Central California Interior for at least the next 24 hours. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... None.Source: NWS
