SBGirl
12-23-2005, 10:55 PM
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA SUNDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 7500 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS LIGHT
SNOW MOVES INTO THE SIERRA. BY SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL WILL
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
FAST MOVING SYSTEMS BEGINS TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS
WILL LOWER TO NEAR 5000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA TO 6500 FEET
IN MONO COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. IN LASSEN COUNTY...HEAVY SNOWFALL
WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOW...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND
CREATE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN
PASSES. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN
RIDGES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS WHICH MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$
MONDAY AFTERNOON..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA SUNDAY. SNOW
LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 7500 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS LIGHT
SNOW MOVES INTO THE SIERRA. BY SUNDAY EVENING...SNOWFALL WILL
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVY
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
FAST MOVING SYSTEMS BEGINS TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS
WILL LOWER TO NEAR 5000 FEET IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA TO 6500 FEET
IN MONO COUNTY BY MONDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. IN LASSEN COUNTY...HEAVY SNOWFALL
WILL BE MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOW...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND
CREATE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN
PASSES. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN
RIDGES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS WHICH MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$