WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 547 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY.
A COLD PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE KERN COUNTY
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND AFFECT THE AREA INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
AT PASS LEVEL...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN THIS
EVENING AND THEN AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES OVERNIGHT...IT WILL CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW WITH THE SNOW LEVEL FALLING TO THE 4000 TO 4500 FEET.
SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AND FORECAST ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD NOT EXCEED 1 TO 2 INCHES. IT SHOULD BE WELL NOTED HOWEVER
THAT EVEN THESE LIGHT FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 178 OVER
THE WALKER PASS...INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE TEJON PASS AND HIGHWAY 58
OVER THE TEHACHAPI PASS WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. IN
ADDITION TO SNOW AND SLIPPERY ROADS...GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN CLOUDS AND FOG WILL MAKE TRAVEL EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
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DCH
WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD
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