WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 330 AM PST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND THE LASSEN PARK
AREA...THE FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND MOTHERLODE.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING...BECOME HEAVY
OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY MONDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW LEVEL: RANGING FROM 1500 FEET NEAR REDDING TO 2500 FEET
NORTH OF YOSEMITE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...LOWERING TO AROUND 1000
TO 2000 FEET ON MONDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH UP TO 2 FEET OR MORE POSSIBLE AT
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN SIERRA. SEVERE WINTER DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL RESULT
IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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