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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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 421 AM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN
NEVADA SUNDAY NIGHT 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. SNOW RATIOS WILL
BE IMPRESSIVE...ABOUT 25 TO 1 THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...SO THE POWDER
WILL PILE UP QUICKLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO.
CAZ073-NVZ003-060000-
/O.NEW.KREV.WS.A.0005.091207T0600Z-091208T0600Z/
MONO-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...MAMMOTH LAKES...SPARKS
421 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT BECOMING MODERATE AT
TIMES BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY
MONDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIALLY UP TO 6 INCHES THROUGH
WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS WITH 4-9 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF
WESTERN NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY VALLEYS. UP TO 20 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET IN MONO COUNTY.
* WINDS: 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RIDGES WILL BE
GUSTING UP TO 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL AREAS IN THE WATCH. THE MORNING COMMUTE
THROUGH THE GREATER RENO/SPARKS/CARSON CITY AREA MAY BE
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO HALF A MILE
AT TIMES IN THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.
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