SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 510 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST TUE DEC 08 2009

...COLD AND ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH
NEXT WEEKEND...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND
WESTERN NEVADA FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING EVEN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WITH BELOW ZERO
TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE SIERRA BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION.
SNOW AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE LESS SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THE
RECENT STORM. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
A STRONGER STORM MAY ARRIVE TO THE REGION BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR
SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS FOR SNOW LEVELS
WHICH WOULD AFFECT CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...BUT
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA. THE WET
PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY INTO
THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS APPROACH
THE WEST COAST.
LOCAL OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
THIS UPCOMING WEEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN.
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