SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 315 PM PST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...COLD WINTER WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...
VERY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA
THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEYS WILL DROP TO NEAR OR
BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
REMAINING BELOW FREEZING THURSDAY.
A WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA AND
PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA. SLICK ROADS AND DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
A STRONGER SYSTEM SHOULD ARRIVE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY.
UNCERTAINTY REMAINS IN THE SNOW POTENTIAL FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS...AS SNOW LEVELS WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE 5000 FEET.
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS LIKELY IN THE SIERRA THIS WEEKEND.
LOCAL OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
THIS WEEKEND IN THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA SHOULD MONITOR
FORECASTS FOR THIS ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN.
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