WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 426 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST THIS MORNING.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL
TAPER TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN
INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE
SECOND SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCT
BREAK BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION
THIS MORNING...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES
IN THE VALLEYS. SECOND SYSTEM: 12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET
WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS.
* WINDS: INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
BY EARLY SATURDAY. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED BELOW HALF A MILE IN SNOW...ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM.
* MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS...
FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 426 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST THIS MORNING.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL
TAPER TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN
INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE
SECOND SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCT
BREAK BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION
THIS MORNING...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES
IN THE VALLEYS. SECOND SYSTEM: 12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET
WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS.
* WINDS: INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
BY EARLY SATURDAY. RIDGE GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED BELOW HALF A MILE IN SNOW...ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM.
* MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS...
FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
$$
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