SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 312 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 400 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

...RAIN SHOWERS TODAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GUSTY NORTH WINDS TOMORROW...
A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TODAY...BRINGING RAIN TO THE VALLEY. A BAND OF RAIN WILL DEVELOP
FROM REDDING TO CHICO BY 8 AM AND SHIFT SOUTH TO
VACAVILLE...SACRAMENTO AND OROVILLE BY 10 AM. A PERIOD OF MODERATE
RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE AUBURN AND PLACERVILLE AREAS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL END BY LATE AFTERNOON IN MANY AREAS THOUGH
MORE SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP NEAR STOCKTON AND MODESTO THIS EVENING.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO THE REGION TOMORROW. NORTH
WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
COULD GUST UP TO 40 MPH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO
VALLEY TOMORROW.
THE GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. WATCH FOR BLOWING LEAVES AND DEBRIS AS WELL.
WINDS WILL DECREASE TOMORROW EVENING.
$$
SG

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 258 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

...SNOW...ICE AND WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IN THE MOUNTAINS
TODAY AND TOMORROW...
.A COLD FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE
LASSEN PARK AREA BY 8 AM AND IMPACT INTERSTATE 80 BY 10 AM. SNOW
LEVELS INITIALLY FROM 4500 TO 5000 FEET WILL RISE TO NEAR 6000
FEET LATER THIS MORNING...BEFORE DROPPING RAPIDLY BACK TO 4500
FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL END IN THE LASSEN PARK AREA BY
EARLY EVENING...BUT CONTINUE ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA
INTO TONIGHT. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY ABOVE 7000 FEET BY
TONIGHT. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW COULD FALL OVER HIGHER PASSES SUCH
AS CARSON PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 88 BY SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STRONG
EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TOMORROW. THIS MAY
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY.
ALL SNOW SHOWERS WILL END BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WINDS DECREASE.
CAZ069-280200-
/O.NEW.KSTO.WW.Y.0020.091127T1800Z-091128T0600Z/
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE CANYON
258 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.
* SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY 10 AM ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND
  HIGHWAY 50. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY EARLY
  AFTERNOON AND SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE CARSON PASS AREA.
* SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY NEAR 5000 FEET WILL RISE TO 6000 TO 6500
  FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THEY FALL BACK TO 4500 FEET
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
* 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER DONNER SUMMIT AND ECHO
  SUMMIT BY THIS EVENING. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL OVER
  CARSON PASS ALONG HIGHWAY 88 BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS: SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS WILL CREATE SLICK
  ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
  THROUGH TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT...GUSTY
EAST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES SATURDAY.
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 317 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

...LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY FOR FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS...
A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ON FRIDAY BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TO THE VALLEY
AND SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY
MORNING OVER AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SO MORNING HOLIDAY
SHOPPERS COULD BE MET WITH SOME LIGHT RAINFALL.
IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO
LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SHASTA COUNTY...TO
4500 TO 5000 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA PASSES DURING
THE DAY ON FRIDAY. LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A RELATIVELY
NARROW BAND OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS
OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR.
THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER FRIDAY
NIGHT BUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA ON SATURDAY. CLEARING SKIES AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO
VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 TO 50 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
$$
JHM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 436 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 700 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009

Expires:200911271500;;
FLUS46 KSTO 261235
HWOSTO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
435 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-271500-
SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE-
EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
435 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOSTLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE STATE TONIGHT AND FURTHER SOUTH TO THE SACRAMENTO
AREA DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS FOR MOTORISTS
TRAVELLING OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA ON I-80 AND HIGHWAY 50 WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT WITH COOL AND BREEZY
NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..SEE WWUS86 KSTO - SPSSTO FOR DETAILS *
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
$$