WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 337 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 400 AM PST SAT NOV 28 2009

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA TODAY AND
TONIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE NEAR SACRAMENTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SOUTH
THROUGH THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW OVER FAR WESTERN
NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND SLIDE
SLOWLY SOUTH OVERNIGHT...AFFECTING AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50
BY SATURDAY MORNING.
NVZ003-280800-
/O.CON.KREV.WW.Y.0016.091128T0000Z-091128T1200Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPARKS
336 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
PST SATURDAY.
* TIMING: RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON THEN QUICKLY
  CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN 6 PM
  AND MIDNIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN
  FOOTHILL LOCATIONS AND ABOVE 5000 FEET.
* SNOW LEVELS: 5000 FEET THIS EVENING FALLING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS
  BY 10 PM.
* IMPACTS: SNOW WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5000 FEET.
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.
&&
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 443 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 445 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
443 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
CAZ073-NVZ001-004-280045-
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...
IMLAY
443 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND
WESTERN NEVADA THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS MONO AND
MINERAL COUNTIES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START
ABOVE VALLEY FLOORS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO
VALLEY FLOORS WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE A PERIOD OF 12 HOURS OR LESS OF
PRECIPITATION.
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS ABOVE 500O FEET COULD SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
UP TO 5 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH SIERRA OF MONO
COUNTY. 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 NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 BY
THIS EVENING WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF
WESTERN NEVADA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
$$
JORDAN
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