HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 435 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOSTLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE STATE TONIGHT AND FURTHER SOUTH TO THE SACRAMENTO
AREA DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS FOR MOTORISTS
TRAVELLING OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA ON I-80 AND HIGHWAY 50 WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT WITH COOL AND BREEZY
NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KSTO - SPSSTO FOR DETAILS *
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 421 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 430 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
...LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY FOR FRIDAY...
A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE COAST TODAY BRINGING
A VEIL OF HIGH CLOUDS TO THE AREA ALONG WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF
INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY
BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TO THE VALLEY ALONG WITH SNOW
TO THE MOUNTAINS. LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN
THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FARTHER SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE TIMING OF THE ONSET OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS
CURRENTLY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SUNRISE SO EARLY MORNING
SHOPPERS COULD BE MET WITH SOME LIGHT RAINFALL.
IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO
LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SHASTA COUNTY TO
AROUND 5000 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA PASSES. A FEW
INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED BUT THERE COULD BE LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS LEADING TO POSSIBLE TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS I-80 AND
HIGHWAY 50 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA LATER FRIDAY
NIGHT BUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA INTO SATURDAY MORNING. CLEARING SKIES AND BREEZY NORTH
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
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