SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 403 AM PST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 415 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009
...COLD AND ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND
WESTERN NEVADA FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING EVEN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT...
TEMPERATURES COULD DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION...WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW ZERO ESPECIALLY
IN SNOW COVERED AREAS IF SKIES CLEAR.
PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE SIERRA BY THURSDAY MORNING
...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION. WHILE IT
IS TOO EARLY TO FORECAST EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS...THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG AS THE CURRENT STORM. HOWEVER...
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH
SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY.
A STRONGER STORM MAY ARRIVE TO THE REGION BY SATURDAY. AT THIS
TIME...THE AIR MASS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS COLD SO PRECIPITATION
IN LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD FALL AS RAIN...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA. THE WET PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH A
SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE REGION.
LOCAL OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
THIS UPCOMING WEEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN.
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