WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 446 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SIERRA ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY
FRIDAY EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO THREE FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET...WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS DOWN TO LOWER VALLEY FLOORS.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH. RIDGE GUSTS OVER 100 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.
* SNOW LEVELS: BELOW ALL VALLEY FLOORS FRIDAY EVENING...POSSIBLY
RISING TO 5500 FEET SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE FALLING BELOW ALL
VALLEY FLOORS AGAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS: MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES
WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO.
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
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