HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 700 AM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BRING
LIGHT SNOWFALL TO THE SIERRA CASCADE RANGE TODAY. THIS COULD CAUSE
SOME MINOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES OVER THE PASSES THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KSTO - SPSSTO FOR DETAILS *
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL TO THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 418 AM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 430 PM PST SUN DEC 27 2009
...SOME SNOW OVER THE SIERRA PASSES FOR RETURN HOLIDAY TRAVEL...
A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE SIERRA CASCADE RANGE
TODAY WILL BRING LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL TO THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 3500 TO 4000
FEET OVER THE LASSEN PARK AREA TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDORS. ABOVE THESE
LEVELS...ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. THIS AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL COULD
BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME MINOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR THOSE
TRAVELING OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA OR SOUTHERN CASCADES TODAY.
IF TRAVELING INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA OR SOUTHERN CASCADE RANGE
TODAY...BE SURE AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER REPORTS BEFORE
DEPARTURE.
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