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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.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 THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS BY EARLY AFTERNOON....THEN INTENSIFY LATE THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCT BREAK BETWEEN THE
SYSTEMS WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF HIGHWAY 89.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE FEET.
* WINDS: INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SATURDAY BELOW RIDGES. RIDGE GUSTS TO 100
MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER
SNOW BANDS.
* 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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 426 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
PST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS BY EARLY AFTERNOON....THEN INTENSIFY LATE THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE NO DISTINCT BREAK BETWEEN THE
SYSTEMS WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF HIGHWAY 89.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE FEET.
* WINDS: INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SATURDAY BELOW RIDGES. RIDGE GUSTS TO 100
MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER
SNOW BANDS.
* MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES POSSIBLE OVER SIERRA PASSES WITH
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. CARRY TIRE CHAINS...
FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
$$
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