Issued Zones:  Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County … Kern County excluding Ridgecrest … Gorman Pass

Site:  Southern California Weather Force has issued a Weather Advisory …

Date:  3/17/18 at 5:50am PT

When: Today through this evening …

Forecast:  An impulse moving into the region today will put an increase in convective shower and thunderstorm activity through today.  A convergence boundary setting up through SLO and moving into Kern will bring that upswing … and one across Lancaster to Edwards Air Force Base will be present later on. 

Given the snow level is around 4,000 FT … additional snowfall in the Gorman/Tehachapi areas is likely …

Shear is not too impressive… but some parameters exist for the chance of lightning with these cells.  Hail is also likely with 0.25″ diameter possible.

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Forecaster: KM