WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 223 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM PST SAT NOV 28 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA AND LASSEN COUNTY
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT..
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTH INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FRIDAY THEN
PUSH INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP
OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY FRIDAY THEN SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE
SIERRA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL QUICKLY AS THIS
SNOW DEVELOPS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN
LASSEN COUNTY BY MID MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE IN THE
TAHOE BASIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH MANY AREAS RECEIVING 3 TO 7 INCHES. ABOVE 7000 FEET
HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
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GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TRUCKEE...
INCLINE VILLAGE
223 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT
PST FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT
PST FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY 10 AM THEN
SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL
FALL BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM FRIDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE
LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START JUST ABOVE LAKE LEVEL EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING THEN QUICKLY FALL BELOW LAKE LEVEL.
* IMPACTS: ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSE AN INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELERS. ROADS
WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...WITH SNOW AND ICE FIRST
DEVELOPING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND USE CAUTION.  CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 222 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
222 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
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MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE...FERNLEY...FALLON...
LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH
222 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NEVADA FRIDAY
MORNING AND SPREAD SOUTH TO INTERSTATE 80 BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS MONO AND MINERAL
COUNTIES FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE A PERIOD
OF 12 HOURS OR LESS OF PRECIPITATION.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WITH
LOCATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET SEEING SNOW. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO
VALLEY FLOORS FROM HIGHWAY 50 NORTH FRIDAY EVENING AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 50 OVERNIGHT.
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 500O FEET COULD SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO 5 INCHES OR SO WITH AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 IN MONO
COUNTY GETTING HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN LOWER
VALLEYS OF WESTERN NEVADA WILL RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH EAST
OF LOVELOCK AND FALLON TO UP TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST NEVADA
EARLY FRIDAY AND FROM HIGHWAY 50 NORTH BY FRIDAY EVENING. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT FROM HIGHWAY 50 SOUTH.
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