WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA...WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND THE LASSEN PARK AREA...NORTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS AND MOTHERLODE.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...BECOME HEAVY
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW LEVEL: AT THE SURFACE.
* MAIN IMPACT: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS
WITH UP TO 2 FEET OR MORE POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTHERN SIERRA.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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