SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 235 PM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 615 AM PST MON DEC 28 2009
...MORE VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...
THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY UNSETTLED THIS WEEK ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AS A NUMBER OF WEAK SYSTEMS TAKE AIM AT THE
WEST COAST. THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
FROM THE MARYSVILLE AREA SOUTHWARD.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER STRONGER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
THE WEST COAST LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
MORE VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR LATE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE TIMING IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNSURE...BUT
PRECIPITATION MAY SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS EARLY AS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE BRUNT OF THE MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS
THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION
TOTALS ARE STILL VARIABLE AS WELL...BUT PRECIPITATION TOTALS MAY
RANGE BETWEEN QUARTER INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. SNOW
LEVEL WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET ON TUESDAY...WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE
WORK WEEK...AS A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 700 AM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING
LIGHT SNOWFALL TO THE SIERRA CASCADE RANGE TODAY. THIS COULD CAUSE
SOME MINOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES OVER THE PASSES THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KSTO - SPSSTO FOR DETAILS *
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
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