[CVRC] Severe Weather Alert

[Dick Flanagan]

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-LASSEN- 
EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON 
COUNTIES-MONO-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA- WESTERN 
NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 404 AM PDT FRI SEP 17 2004

... UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM WITH STRONG WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW 
EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS WEEKEND...

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST WILL DIG 
DOWN THE WEST COAST AND MOVE ONSHORE THIS WEEKEND BRINGING AN ABRUPT CHANGE 
TO UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER.

WINDS WILL PICK UP AHEAD OF THE TROUGH TODAY AND INCREASE EVEN MORE ON 
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SIGNIFICANTLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE 
TROUGH COULD BRING SOME PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING 
OVER EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN 
AND UPPER ELEVATION SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND WESTERN 
NEVADA BY SATURDAY NIGHT....
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org