WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 335 PM PST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
TUESDAY FOR THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY
INCLUDING LASSEN PARK.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOUR TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY WITH NEARLY A FOOT AT THE HIGHEST
ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 7000 FEET. AROUND 5000
FEET...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER FROM 5000 TO 6000 FEET THIS EVENING TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET
BY TUESDAY MORNING.
* BLOWING SNOW: LOCAL SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER RIDGE TOPS WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
POSSIBLE NEAR THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS
DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. LOCAL AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN
MAY OCCUR AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER TONIGHT AND DURING THE TRANSITION
FROM RAIN TO SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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JHM
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