SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 604 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 300 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WET WEATHER SLATED FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR MONNDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
A STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL TRACK
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY WITH RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW.
RAIN AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH UPWARDS OF AN INCH OR SO IN THE
FOOTHILLS. IN THE SIERRA NEVADA...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL
FALL ABOVE 5000 FEET BY MIDDAY TUESDAY.
THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING BLUSTERY WINDS TO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN PASSES OF KERN
COUNTY TUESDAY.
PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM.
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