WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 421 AM PST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING BECOMING MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THE
DAY MONDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIALLY 8-16 INCHES ABOVE 5000
FEET SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36 INCLUDING THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN. UP TO 2
FEET IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN
AND EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY.
* WINDS: 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. RIDGES WILL BE
GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL AREAS IN THE WATCH. VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS.
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