WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 113 PM MST SUN NOV 29 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
A WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL SPREAD
SNOW ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY. SNOW WILL START LATE
SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THEN WILL LOWER
TO THE DESERT FLOOR DURING THE DAY MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION COULD
REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER AREA MOUNTAINS WITH THE CHANCE FOR HIGHER
AMOUNTS OVER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. LOWER
ELEVATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHEAST TO
EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH OVER
WESTERN SLOPES MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFING SNOW IN THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND THE GILA REGION.
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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