WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 256 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY...
.A WEATHER SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM WESTERN CANADA WILL MOVE
SOUTHWARD AND GATHER STRENGTH SUNDAY BEFORE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW
AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND FOOTHILLS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. LOW SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED...LOWERING
TO AROUND 1000 TO 2000 FEET MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
FROM THE NORTH BY MONDAY EVENING.
CAZ066>069-061300-
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NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY...JACKSON...
CHESTER...QUINCY...BLUE CANYON
255 PM PST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING...BECOME HEAVY
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW LEVEL: RANGING FROM 1500 FEET NEAR REDDING TO 2500 FEET NORTH
OF YOSEMITE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 TO
2000 FEET ON MONDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH UP TO 2 FEET OR MORE POSSIBLE AT
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN SIERRA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
AT TIMES.
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.
$$
RB
FROST ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 302 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLDER AND RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 20S FOR THE COLDER FOOTHILL LOCATIONS TO THE MID TO
UPPER 20S FOR MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS.
* IMPACTS: SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED. PETS AND
LIVESTOCK THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE BOUGHT
INTO PROTECTIVE AREAS.
* LOCALLY THERE EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO
EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH WATERLINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE
KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
FOR A LONGER DURATION. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE
CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
HARD FREEZE WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 302 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST
SUNDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PST SUNDAY.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLDER AND RANGE
FROM THE LOWER 20S FOR THE COLDER FOOTHILL LOCATIONS TO THE MID TO
UPPER 20S FOR MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS.
* IMPACTS: SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED. PETS AND
LIVESTOCK THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE BOUGHT
INTO PROTECTIVE AREAS.
* LOCALLY THERE EXIST THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO
EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH WATERLINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE
KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
FOR A LONGER DURATION. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE
CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
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