[CVRC] WeatherNV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

..WINTER STORM MOVING INTO NE CALIFORNIA & THE N. 
AND CENTRAL SIERRA THIS EVENING...

.A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO N. CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING WILL 
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT & SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL BE COLDER 
THAN RECENT SYSTEMS WITH SNOW OR RAIN THIS EVENING CHANGING TO SNOW 
IN THE VALLEYS BY SUN MORNING. STRONG SW WINDS WILL 
ACCOMPANY THE STORM...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING & DRIFTING OF 
SNOW IN THE EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATE TONIGHT & SUNDAY.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OR ACTIVITIES IN THE SIERRA SHOULD USE EXTRA 
CAUTION & EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT & SUNDAY. 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO & OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.

CAZ071-161230-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
930 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...SNOW & 
RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS LASSEN COUNTY & THE REMAINDER OF NE 
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY NEAR 6000 FEET WILL LOWER 
TO VALLEY FLOORS OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR 
FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUN MORNING. TOTAL SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 
TO 16 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET & 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET... 
EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS OF LASSEN COUNTY.  
$$


CAZ072-NVZ002-161230-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
930 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...SNOW & 
RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN TONIGHT WITH SNOW 
LEVELS DROPPING TO LAKE LEVEL BY MIDNIGHT...AND TO THE LOWER VALLEYS 
OF ALPINE COUNTY TOWARD MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO 
OCCUR FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUN MORNING. TOTAL SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 
TO 20 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES BELOW 7000 
FEET...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS OF EASTERN ALPINE 
COUNTY. GUSTY SW WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING & 
DRIFTING SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH 
ARE POSSIBLE ON RIDGETOPS OVERNIGHT.
$$


CAZ073-161230-
MONO COUNTY-
930 PM PST SAT FEB 15 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY... 
SNOW & RAIN WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRA CREST LATER THIS 
EVENING & SPREAD ACROSS MONO COUNTY OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 
6500 FEET WILL DROP TO 5500 FEET OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH LATE SUN MORNING. TOTAL 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE 
FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 7000 
FEET...EXCEPT LESS THAN 2 INCHES IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS OF S. 
MONO COUNTY. GUSTY SW WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING & 
DRIFTING SNOW WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY AT UPPER 
ELEVATIONS WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
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