WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 352 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING FOR WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY...LASSEN PARK...AND THE WEST
SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THIS MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 9 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED IN WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000
FEET. AT AROUND 5000 FEET...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW MAY
ACCUMULATE. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 3000 FEET NEAR
I-80 AND NORTHWARD TO AROUND 4000 FEET SOUTH.
* BLOWING SNOW: LOCAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER RIDGE TOPS...WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW NEAR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS
DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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