FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 355 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY FOR THE
SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND
SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS INCLUDING SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. A HARD
FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S...THOUGH THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR COLDER LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS
TO DIP INTO THE UPPER TEENS. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE SIMILAR MORNING LOWS.
* IMPACTS: SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED. PETS AND LIVESTOCK
THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE BOUGHT INTO
PROTECTIVE AREAS.
* POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH EXPOSED
WATERLINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
HARD FREEZE WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 355 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST TUESDAY FOR THE
SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AND NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND
SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS INCLUDING SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. A HARD
FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S...THOUGH THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR COLDER LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS
TO DIP INTO THE UPPER TEENS. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE SIMILAR MORNING LOWS.
* IMPACTS: SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED. PETS AND LIVESTOCK
THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE BOUGHT INTO
PROTECTIVE AREAS.
* POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH EXPOSED
WATERLINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1001 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING.
* SNOW LEVEL: STILL NEAR THE SURFACE THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 16
INCHES FOR THE FOOTHILLS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WITH 2 TO 3
FEET LIKELY ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN
SIERRA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
AT TIMES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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