WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 154 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EVENING...AND THEN DECREASE
IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY EARLY EVENING. THE STEADIEST SNOW
WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...BUT WILL STILL AFFECT
MANY OF THE SKI RESORTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50.
* SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 5000 TO 5500 FEET...BUT MAY LOWER TO
5000 FEET BY EARLY EVENING.
* A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS: SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS WILL CREATE SLICK
ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
TONIGHT...GUSTY EAST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES
ON SATURDAY.
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JHM
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