HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 410 AM PST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA...
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SIERRA UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEVADA UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING AND FOR MONO COUNTY UNTIL 10
AM PST THIS MORNING...
A COLD FRONT NOW MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING SNOW TO THE
SIERRA AND STRONG WINDS TO WESTERN NEVADA THIS MORNING. A TOTAL OF
3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN
SIERRA BY LATER THIS MORNING. IN THE TAHOE BASIN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT LAKE LEVEL...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. PLEASE REFER TO WWUS45 KREV RNOWSWREV
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA...
INCLUDING THE RENO AND CARSON CITY AREAS...AND IN MONO COUNTY THIS
MORNING. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 5000 FEET...AND IN WIND PRONE AREAS. THE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO WWUS75 KREV
RNONPWREV FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
VALLEYS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE SIERRA AS THIS COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
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