SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 403 PM PST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 615 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY...
RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE FIRST WAVE WILL BEGIN
PRECIPITATION IN THE COASTAL RANGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREADING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO BRING MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 4
CORRIDOR NEAR STOCKTON. 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 FEET ON SUNDAY AND DROP DOWN TO
AROUND 4000 TO 5000 FEET ON MONDAY AND DOWN TO AROUND 3000 FEET
WITH LINGERING SHOWERS ON TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS TO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
TUESDAY. TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SIERRA SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SNOW AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TO
AROUND 50 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM PST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF VALLEY RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...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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