WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 346 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND
TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT
FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THIS
MORNING...AND REACH ITS PEAK THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO
60 MPH OVER RIDGES WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET THIS MORNING WILL LOWER TO
NEAR 1500 OR 2000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET...WITH A FOOT POSSIBLE
AS LOW AS 3000 FEET...AND SEVERAL INCHES AS LOW AS 2000 FEET.
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE PASSES THROUGH THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING I-5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...AND TEHACHAPI AND
WALKER PASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL TO OR FROM THE SOUTHLAND...OR INTO THE HIGH
DESERTS SHOULD CHECK CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. BE PREPARED FOR
ROAD CLOSURES OR DELAYS. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE...CONSIDER DELAYING
YOUR TRAVEL UNTIL TUESDAY.
$$
BINGHAM
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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