SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 424 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009
...COLD AND ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT
WEEKEND...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND
WESTERN NEVADA FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING EVEN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS FROM
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT...
TEMPERATURES COULD DROP TO BELOW 15 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION...WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW ZERO ESPECIALLY
IN SNOW COVERED AREAS IF SKIES ARE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT.
PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE SIERRA BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE
REGION. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO FORECAST EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS...THIS
SYSTEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG AS MONDAYS STORM.
HOWEVER...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EVEN IN LOWER
ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY.
A STRONGER STORM MAY ARRIVE TO THE REGION BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR
SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE AIR MASS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS
COLD SO PRECIPITATION IN LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD FALL AS RAIN...BUT
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA.
LOCAL OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
THIS UPCOMING WEEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN.
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