WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 721 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 400 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN
NEVADA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE TO
GENERATE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA.
THIS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR TRAVEL MONDAY MORNING...
AND POSSIBLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY AS THE COLD TEMPERATURES
WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE SNOW TO MELT. DUE TO THE VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES THIS SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RATHER RAPIDLY AND COULD
PRODUCE SOME IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE
MONDAY EVENING.
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SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...
GERLACH
720 PM PST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST
MONDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
PST MONDAY.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN BECOME
  MODERATE AT TIMES. SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP
  TO 6 INCHES.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT SURPRISE VALLEY AND NORTHERN WASHOE
  COUNTY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN
  THE SNOW.
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: 425 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST MON DEC 07 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 FROM
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT...
TEMPERATURES COULD DROP TO BELOW 15 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION...WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW ZERO ESPECIALLY
IN SNOW COVERED AREAS IF SKIES ARE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT.
PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE SIERRA BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO MUCH OF THE
REGION. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO FORECAST EXACT SNOW AMOUNTS...THIS
SYSTEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS STRONG AS MONDAYS STORM.
HOWEVER...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE EVEN IN LOWER
ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY.
A STRONGER STORM MAY ARRIVE TO THE REGION BY FRIDAY NIGHT OR
SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE AIR MASS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS
COLD SO PRECIPITATION IN LOWER ELEVATIONS COULD FALL AS RAIN...BUT
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA.
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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