WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 AM PST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE
COASTAL RANGE...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND BURNEY BASIN...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE PEAKS. SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER FROM BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON TO 3000 TO
3500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* BLOWING SNOW: LOCAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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 FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
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