HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 421 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 430 PM PST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH
CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEVADA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND THE RUBY
MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA
TONIGHT...AS RELATIVELY WARM MOIST AIR OVERRIDES THE COLD AIR AT
THE SURFACE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ABOVE 6500 FEET IN
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND IN THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...AND ABOVE 7000 FEET IN NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY. LESSER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...DUE TO WET SNOW AND OCCASIONAL MIXING WITH
RAIN...WILL OCCUR IN VALLEYS...MAINLY FROM INTERSTATE 80
NORTHWARD IN ELKO COUNTY. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 2
TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY DAWN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA ON FRIDAY...TAPERING OFF
TO FLURRIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT LATE EVENING FAR NORTH.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS TO 4
TO 10 INCHES IN MOUNTAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURE.
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