SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 305 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 300 AM PST MON DEC 21 2009
...WET WEATHER SLATED FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
A STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL TRACK
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR MONDAY
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY WITH RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW.
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 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH AND BELOW THE
MOUNTAIN PASSES OF KERN COUNTY TUESDAY.
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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