SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 331 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
...WET AND WINDY WEATHER SLATED FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
A STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL TRACK
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY BRINGING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. THIS SYSTEM WILL
ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF STRONG WINDS TO THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AN DESERT.
RAIN AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH UPWARDS OF AN INCH OR SO IN THE
FOOTHILLS. IN THE SIERRA NEVADA...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL
ABOVE 5000 FEET BY MIDDAY TUESDAY.
THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING BLUSTERY WINDS TO THE SAN JOAQUIN
SECTION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHERE LOCAL WIND
GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREAS ON THE WEST
SIDE. OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS VERY STRONG TO
DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.
PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM.
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