SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 247 PM PST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...COLD SHOWERY WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH LOW
SNOW LEVELS...
...WET AND WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED THE MIDDLE AND END OF NEXT WEEK...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH OUT OF CANADA BY THE END OF THE
WEEKEND. THIS COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A MUCH COLDER
AIRMASS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT DROPPING SNOW LEVELS...DOWN
TO AS LOW AS 1000 FEET IN THE NORTH BAY...2000 FEET ACROSS THE
HEART OF THE BAY AREA...AND 2500 FEET SOUTH OF SAN JOSE. IT IS
STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THE
HILLS...OR WHAT ROADS WILL BE IMPACTED. BY TUESDAY MILDER AIR
FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST WILL LIFT FREEZING LEVELS.
A STRONGER STORM WILL ARRIVE WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. STORMY WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD LAST INTO
THURSDAY.
ADDITIONALLY EXPECT LARGE WAVES NEAR THE COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDE:
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING.
* HIGH WINDS THAT CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES PRODUCING POWER OUTAGES.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
* DANGEROUS NEAR SHORE CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH SURF FROM LARGE WAVES.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PLEASE
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SANFRANCISCO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES ON
THIS STORM SYSTEM.
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