WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 331 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY FOR WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY...THE
LASSEN PARK AREA...AND THE WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA.
* TIMING: MODERATE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 FOOT OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. ABOVE 5000 FEET...3 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP FROM 5000 TO 6000
FEET EARLY TODAY TO 2000 TO 4000 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT.
* BLOWING SNOW: LOCAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER RIDGETOPS WITH LOCAL AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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