SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 115 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009 Expiration: 600 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO BRING RAIN AND WIND TO THE AREA WITH HEAVY
SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
...MORE PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK...
A STRONG WINTER STORM...ORIGINATING OUT OF WESTERN CANADA BUT
PICKING UP PACIFIC MOISTURE...WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT
TIMES AND STRONG WINDS. SNOW WILL FALL IN THE HIGHER
MOUNTAINS...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW ABOVE 6000 FEET IN THE SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY MOUNTAINS WHERE ONE TO TWO FEET COULD FALL BY MONDAY NIGHT.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE VARIABLE...RANGING FROM 4500 FEET EARLY MONDAY
TO 6000 OR 6500 FEET WHEN SOME WARM AIR MOVES INTO THE STORM BUT
THEN DOWN TO 3000 FEET OR LESS BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AFTER THE COLD
FRONT PASSES TO THE EAST.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES IN COASTAL
AREAS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND AROUND
ONE-HALF INCH IN THE DESERTS. LOCAL FLOODING AND MINOR DEBRIS FLOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE BURN AREAS.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE ENTIRE REGION...BUT STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT MONDAY EVENING.
WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 60 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 70 MPH IN
SOME MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. THIS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGE TO POWER
LINES...TREES AND COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS. DRIVING WILL BE QUITE
DIFFICULT WITH THE WIND...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.
THE SURF AT THE BEACHES AND WAVES OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BE
HIGH...AND WINDS COULD REACH GALE FORCE.
THE SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA TO THE EAST TUESDAY...BUT ANOTHER
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING MORE RAIN THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT WINDS ARE
LIKELY TO BE MUCH LIGHTER...AND SNOW LEVELS WILL BE HIGHER.
STAYED TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT. LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES OF FORECASTS AND WARNINGS.
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