SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1059 AM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 600 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE WEST COAST AND BRING A
RETURN TO UNSETTLED WEATHER. THE FIRST PORTION OF THE STORM WILL
SPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIERRA FROM PLACER
COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH LASSEN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND 6000 FEET WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
THE SECOND PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES
AND A BETTER POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY
NIGHT. HOWEVER...THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
TRACK OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM RESULTING IN ONLY MODERATE CONFIDENCE
IN EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN...THERE IS
A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT SNOW WILL OCCUR AND PRODUCE SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS ROADS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS IN
WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50
TUESDAY MORNING.
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CHANGING
WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS MANY
AREAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
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