...MUCH COOLER AND BREEZY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW
POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS...

A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL HEAD INTO INLAND CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT AND THEN EXIT THE REGION THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO USHER IN MUCH COOLER AIR. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
STRUGGLE TO EVEN REACH 80 DEGREES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH
MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA AND NEARBY FOOTHILLS WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AS
WELL. ONE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY
ABOVE 8000 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ANYONE HEADED INTO THE
SIERRA BACKCOUNTRY SHOULD PREPARE FOR WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS
THROUGH THURSDAY.

GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR THIS EVENING AND AGAIN THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE VALLEY MAY GENERATE SOME
BLOWING DUST ALONG THE WEST SIDE. DRIVERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
VALLEY...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 5...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IF ENCOUNTERING BLOWING DUST. STRONGER
WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE LIKELY THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF KERN COUNTY
WHERE GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR.

DRY WEATHER AND A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY AND
INTO THE WEEKEND.