WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING IN THE
SIERRA...AND INTENSIFY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE
SECOND SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCT
BREAK BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FIRST SYSTEM: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH UP
TO 15 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. SECOND SYSTEM: ONE TO THREE FEET.
* WINDS: FIRST SYSTEM: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH RIDGE
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SECOND SYSTEM: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. RIDGE GUSTS OVER 100 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A
MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.
* MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BECOME
SLICK...WITH SNOW AND ICE FIRST DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING IN THE
SIERRA...AND INTENSIFY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE
SECOND SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCT
BREAK BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FIRST SYSTEM: 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH UP
TO 15 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. SECOND SYSTEM: ONE TO THREE FEET.
* WINDS: FIRST SYSTEM: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH RIDGE
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. SECOND SYSTEM: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. RIDGE GUSTS OVER 100 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A
MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS.
* MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS WILL BECOME
SLICK...WITH SNOW AND ICE FIRST DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
$$
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