WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 326 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA
NEVADA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW
IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. THE SECOND STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.
* SNOW LEVEL: BELOW 3000 FEET THIS EVENING...RISING TO 4000 FEET
OF WESTERN PLUMAS AND TO 5000 FEET OVER THE WEST SLOPES ON
FRIDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...WITH SEVERAL FEET OF ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED
OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS SECOND STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE
GREATEST SNOW OF THIS WINTER SEASON TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SIERRA NEVADA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH STRONG
SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 326 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA
NEVADA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW
IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. THE SECOND STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.
* SNOW LEVEL: BELOW 3000 FEET THIS EVENING...RISING TO 4000 FEET
OF WESTERN PLUMAS AND TO 5000 FEET OVER THE WEST SLOPES ON
FRIDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...WITH SEVERAL FEET OF ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED
OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS SECOND STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE
GREATEST SNOW OF THIS WINTER SEASON TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SIERRA NEVADA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH STRONG
SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
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