SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 356 AM PST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM PST FRI DEC 04 2009

...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND LOW SNOW LEVELS THIS WEEKEND FOLLOWED
BY WARMER TEMPERATURES AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL NEXT
WEEK...
A STORM DROPPING OUT OF CANADA WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AS MUCH COLDER AIR FILTERS THROUGH THE REGION.
THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL HOLD OFF
UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 2000 TO 3000
FEET...AND LOCALLY AS LOW AS 1000 FEET...BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE LIKELY TO BE LIGHT AND SCATTERED AS MOISTURE IS RELATIVELY
LIMITED WITH THIS INITIAL STORM.
AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY...A SIGNIFICANT
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARDS MUCH WETTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD
FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WHILE SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTY REMAINS
WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE SUBSEQUENT
SYSTEMS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOWFALL
ARE LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF
THE NEXT WEEK.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR
UPDATES ON THE CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 235 PM PST THU DEC 03 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST FRI DEC 04 2009

...A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN BEGINS NEXT WEEK...
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS MAY BRING PRECIPITATION TO
THE REGION AS EARLY AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT. AS COLDER AIR FILTERS
INTO THE REGION...SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS 2500 OR 3000
FEET...BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE LIGHT AND SCATTERED
AS MOISTURE IS RELATIVELY LIMITED WITH THIS INITIAL STORM.
AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY...A SIGNIFICANT
PATTERN CHANGE TOWARDS MUCH WETTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD
FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WHILE SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTY REMAINS
WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE SUBSEQUENT
SYSTEMS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOWFALL
ARE LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF
THE NEXT WEEK.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR
UPDATES ON THE CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.
$$
MAB