WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 252 PM PST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND BE
HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES BELOW 5000 FEET WITH 3
TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES
WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 IN LASSEN COUNTY.
* SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH MAY PRODUCE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE AFFECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING WITH SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
OVER PASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSE AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELERS. ROADS
WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...WITH SNOW AND ICE FIRST
DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND USE CAUTION. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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