WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 310 PM PST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM
PST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY.
* TIMING: THE FIRST WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT
WITH THE COLDER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 FOOT OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FT
ELEVATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. SNOW LEVELS
WILL DROP FROM 6000 TO 7000 FEET TONIGHT TO 3000 TO 4000 FEET BY
LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* BLOWING SNOW: LOCAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING TOWARDS SIERRA
RIDGETOPS WITH LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL
ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION TO ICY
ROADWAYS...FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE LOCAL
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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