SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 448 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 500 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009

...ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN LIKELY THROUGH NEXT WEEK...
A SERIES OF COLD AND WET STORM SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COLD AIR MASS...BRINGING
SNOW TO EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE EASTERN SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA WHICH
COULD PRODUCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE MONDAY
COMMUTES. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA WITH THIS SYSTEM.
A VERY COLD AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO REACH FREEZING EVERYWHERE.
LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE QUITE
COLD...TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO UP TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. THESE
WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
A SECOND STORM IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THE FIRST. BUT WITH PLENTY OF
COLD AIR TRAPPED IN THE VALLEYS...THE STORM WILL BEGIN AS SNOW...
POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN BELOW 5000 FEET
LATE IN THE EVENT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM. WITH BOTH SYSTEMS...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND
BECOME STRONG ESPECIALLY ON THE SIERRA RIDGES.
LOCAL OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
THIS UPCOMING WEEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECASTS AND
FURTHER STATEMENTS FOR BOTH THESE STORMS.
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