SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 253 PM PST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THERE WILL BE ONE MORE NIGHT OF FREEZING FOG TONIGHT THROUGH SNOW
COVERED VALLEYS...THOUGH COVERAGE WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD AS IT
HAS BEEN THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. THE BEST COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE
ALONG I-80 IN THE VICINITY OF LOVELOCK...NEAR MONO LAKE/LEE
VINING...AND HIGHWAYS 95 AND 50 AROUND THE FALLON AREA.
AIR QUALITY WILL IMPROVE THROUGH VALLEYS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS
WINDS PICK UP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SYSTEM AND MIX OUT THE
INVERSION THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE THE PAST 4 DAYS.
THE FIRST WAVE OF AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIERRA FROM PLACER COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH
LASSEN COUNTY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH SNOW
LEVELS AROUND 6000 FEET. A REINFORCING WAVE WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND MORE MOISTURE WITH IT ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW
EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE SIERRA. STORM SNOW TOTALS WILL BE 3 TO 6
INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL WITH UP TO A FOOT ABOVE 7000 FEET.
SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOOR IN ALL LOCATIONS BY
TUESDAY MORNING...THOUGH NOT MUCH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
SPILLOVER EAST OF THE SIERRA. A TRACE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE IN WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS ON TUESDAY.
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