WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 154 PM PST SAT NOV 28 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EVENING...AND THEN DECREASE
IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY EARLY EVENING. THE STEADIEST SNOW
WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...BUT WILL STILL AFFECT
MANY OF THE SKI RESORTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.
* SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 5000 TO 5500 FEET...BUT MAY LOWER TO
5000 FEET BY EARLY EVENING.
* A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS: SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS WILL CREATE SLICK
ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
TONIGHT...GUSTY EAST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES
ON SATURDAY.
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JHM
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 351 PM PST SAT NOV 28 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY.
* TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.
* WINDS: NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
MAINLY OVER RIDGES AND THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS.
* IMPACTS: STRONG...GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS
ESPECIALLY ON ICY ROADS CAUSED BY PREVIOUS SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$
JHM
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