HARD FREEZE WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A
HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA...
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS INCLUDING
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY.
WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 20S TO AROUND 30. HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS
REMAIN IN THE TEENS TO AROUND 20...SO FROST POTENTIAL MAY NOT BE
AS WIDESPREAD AS EARLIER THOUGHT AND MAINLY CONCENTRATED ALONG THE
EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY.
TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED
TO BE COLDER AND MOSTLY BE IN THE 20S...THOUGH THERE IS POTENTIAL
FOR COLDER LOCATIONS TO DIP INTO THE UPPER TEENS.
* IMPACTS: SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED. PETS AND
LIVESTOCK THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE BOUGHT
INTO PROTECTIVE AREAS.
* POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH
EXPOSED WATERLINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE
KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
FOR A LONGER DURATION. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE
CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
FROST ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THIS MORNING. A
HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA...
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS INCLUDING
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY.
WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 20S TO AROUND 30. HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS
REMAIN IN THE TEENS TO AROUND 20...SO FROST POTENTIAL MAY NOT BE
AS WIDESPREAD AS EARLIER THOUGHT AND MAINLY CONCENTRATED ALONG THE
EAST SIDE OF THE VALLEY.
TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED
TO BE COLDER AND MOSTLY BE IN THE 20S...THOUGH THERE IS POTENTIAL
FOR COLDER LOCATIONS TO DIP INTO THE UPPER TEENS.
* IMPACTS: SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED. PETS AND
LIVESTOCK THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE BOUGHT
INTO PROTECTIVE AREAS.
* POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH
EXPOSED WATERLINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE
KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE
FOR A LONGER DURATION. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE
CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...DELTA AND
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BEGIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING.
* SNOW LEVEL: LOWERING TO NEAR SEA LEVEL EARLY MONDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL
BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS MONDAY.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS.
SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO THE LOCAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK MAY
OCCUR.
* OTHER IMPACTS: POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES RESULTING
FROM BROKEN TREE BRANCHES.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A BAND OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW TO OCCUR IN THE VALLEY ALONG A COLD FRONT MONDAY
IN THE AREA BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND SOUTH OF STOCKTON. IT IS STILL
TOO EARLY TO FORECAST PRECISELY WHERE THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL
SETUP...SO FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY WITH
REFINEMENTS TO THE LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF POTENTIAL SNOW.
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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