SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 403 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 415 PM 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 INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION...WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW ZERO ESPECIALLY
IN SNOW COVERED AREAS IF SKIES CLEAR.
PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE SIERRA BY THURSDAY MORNING
...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 THE CURRENT STORM. HOWEVER...
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH
SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY.
A STRONGER STORM MAY ARRIVE TO THE REGION BY 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. THE WET PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH A
SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE REGION.
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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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 223 AM PST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN
NEVADA THROUGH TONIGHT...
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS COMBINING WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE TO
GENERATE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA AND
WESTERN NEVADA. THIS WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR TRAVEL
THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE SNOW TO MELT. DUE TO THE VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE RATHER
RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE SOME IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS BY THE TIME THE
SNOW ENDS LATE MONDAY EVENING.
NVZ004-071900-
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WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS
222 AM PST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7
PM PST THIS EVENING.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE AT
  TIMES...HEAVIEST ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 95. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
  WILL FALL THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY...TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY 12 INCHES IN
  PARTS OF NORTHERN LYON COUNTY.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO HALF A MILE AT TIMES
  IN THE SNOW. THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES IN THE FERNLEY
  AND FALLON AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY DURING WINTER STORMS...SLOW
DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING.  CARRY TIRE CHAINS...
FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.  CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
&&
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1043 PM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1045 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 CLEAR.
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 IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH
SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ON THURSDAY.
A STRONGER STORM MAY ARRIVE TO THE REGION BY SATURDAY OR SATURDAY
NIGHT. 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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