HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 837 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REDWOOD COAST FOR
TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND DAYBREAK WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25
AND 29 DEGREES.
SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WILL SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH TOWARD SUNRISE. SNOW
LEVELS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET OVERNIGHT. LITTLE
OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 821 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 800 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009
...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY...
LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL RESULT IN
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET BY
MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP SMALL HAIL WITH
AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ALSO POSSIBLE ABOVE 1000
FEET. EVEN THOUGH SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK...WET
ROADWAYS WILL RE-FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER
20S ALONG THE COAST...AND TO THE TEENS AND LOW 20S ELSEWHERE.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXPECT ICY ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AND TO PLAN
ACCORDINGLY. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL OF BLACK ICE THAT IS DIFFICULT
TO SEE BUT OFTEN RESULTS IN ESPECIALLY TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE
BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND OTHERS.
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