WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOW SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET.
AROUND 5000 FEET...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. SNOW
LEVELS WILL LOWER FROM AROUND 4000 THIS AFTERNOON TO 3000 TO
3500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* BLOWING SNOW: LOCAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER RIDGE TOPS...WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS
DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
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