SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 700 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 400 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO TUESDAY...
RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY INTO TUESDAY. THE FIRST WAVE WILL BEGIN
PRECIPITATION IN THE COASTAL RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO BRING MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80. A STRONGER WAVE IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE PRECIPITATION
MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY...AND THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD
THE PRECIPITATION FURTHER SOUTH. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF ON TUESDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES TO THE EAST.
SNOW LEVELS WILL START OFF AROUND 6000 TO 7000 FEET TODAY AND
LOWER TO AROUND 4000 TO 5000 FEET ON MONDAY...AND TO AROUND 3000
FEET WITH LINGERING SHOWERS TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING
PERIODS OF WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH TUESDAY. TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
SIERRA SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW
AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 700 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN
THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A STRONGER AND COLDER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY BRINGING THE
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN...OTHERWISE
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
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