SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 558 PM PST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 530 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
...COLD AND ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN
NEVADA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW
ZERO ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES REMAINING
BELOW FREEZING EVEN IN LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
THE SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA. SLICK ROADS AND DIFFICULT
DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN STORM OF CONCERN WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT OR
SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS FOR SNOW LEVELS
WHICH WOULD AFFECT CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...BUT
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND.
LOCAL OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
THIS UPCOMING WEEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND
FURTHER STATEMENTS FOR THIS ACTIVE WINTER PATTERN.
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