WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 406 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING BECOMING MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH
THE DAY MONDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIALLY 10-20 INCHES ABOVE 5000
FEET SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36 INCLUDING THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN. UP TO
30 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS
NORTHERN AND EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY.
* WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. RIDGES WILL BE
GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL AREAS IN THE WATCH. VISIBILITY MAY BE
REDUCED BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 324 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
30 MPH BY LATE MORNING.
* WAVE HEIGHTS: 2 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON
WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES ALONG THE EAST AND NORTHEAST SHORES FROM
GLENBROOK TO CRYSTAL BAY.
* SMALL BOATS WILL BE PRONE TO CAPSIZING AND SHOULD REMAIN OFF
LAKE WATERS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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