WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 405 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY INCLUDING LASSEN PARK AND THE
WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW LEVEL: GENERALLY 3500 TO 4500 FEET IN WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY
AND LASSEN PARK AND 4500 TO 5500 OVER THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.
* MAIN IMPACT: SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH AT
TIMES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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