HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 510 AM PST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A WEAK SYSTEM WILL
MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED VALLEY
RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. ALTHOUGH SNOW FALL WILL REMAIN LIGHT...SOME MINOR TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES OVER THE PASSES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STRONGER AND WETTER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A BETTER SHOT OF VALLEY RAIN AND POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE REGION. TWO ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS
WILL ALSO TAKE AIM AT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE IN THE WEEK.
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KSTO - SPSSTO FOR DETAILS *
.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: 345 AM PST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 430 PM PST MON DEC 28 2009
...MORE VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...
THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY UNSETTLED THIS WEEK ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...AS A NUMBER OF WEAK SYSTEMS TAKE AIM AT THE
WEST COAST. THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM THE RED
BLUFF AREA SOUTHWARD.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER STRONGER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
THE WEST COAST LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
MORE VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE NORTHERN INTERIOR LATE
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE TIMING IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNSURE...BUT
PRECIPITATION MAY SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS EARLY AS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE BRUNT OF THE MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS
THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION
TOTALS ARE STILL VARIABLE AS WELL...BUT MAY RANGE BETWEEN QUARTER
INCH AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY
ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SNOW LEVEL WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500
FEET ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
POSSIBLE AT TIMES. UP TO A FOOT OR A FOOT AND A HALF OF NEW SNOW MAY
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES AND
NORTHERN SIERRA. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THIS AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL AND THE LOCALLY GUSTY
WINDS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME MODERATE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES FOR THOSE TRAVELING OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA OR
SOUTHERN CASCADES DURING THIS TIME FRAME. IF TRAVELING INTO THE
NORTHERN SIERRA OR SOUTHERN CASCADE RANGE ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...BE
SURE AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER REPORTS BEFORE
DEPARTURE.
THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE
WORK WEEK...AS A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION DURING THE NEW YEARS HOLIDAY PERIOD.
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