[NevadaARES] WEATHER ALERT NV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

..HEAVY SNOW MAINLY THIS MORNING IN THE SIERRA & FAR WESTERN
NEVADA...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVING ONSHORE ACROSS NW CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS NW NEVADA TODAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED MAINLY THIS MORNING OVER
EASTERN CALIFORNIA & PORTIONS OF FAR WESTERN NEVADA. SNOW MAY FALL AT RATES
UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES & GUSTY WINDS
PRODUCING BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW.

CAZ071-312000-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
430 AM PST TUE DEC 31 2002

..WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY...
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5500 FEET
WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF SIERRA & PLUMAS
COUNTIES...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS OF EASTERN LASSEN COUNTY.
THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS NE CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES
PER HOUR IN THE MTNS & 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE
VALLEYS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.
$$

CAZ072-NVZ002-312000-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
430 AM PST TUE DEC 31 2002

..WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY...
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000
FEET...UP TO A FOOT AT LAKE LEVEL...AND 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS
OF ALPINE COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE SIERRA THIS MORNING. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES...GUSTY
WINDS...AND SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.
$$

CAZ073-312000-
MONO COUNTY-
430 AM PST TUE DEC 31 2002

..WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY...
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 8000
FEET...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 6500 & 8000 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BELOW 6500 FEET ALONG THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS OF SOUTHERN MONO COUNTY. THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN THE SIERRA THIS MORNING. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES...GUSTY
WINDS...AND SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE MTNS
AND 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE VALLEYS.
$$


NVZ003-312000-
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
430 AM PST TUE DEC 31 2002

..SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH NOON TODAY...
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE LOWEST
VALLEYS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN MOST FOOTHILL LOCATIONS. UP TO 6 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING VIRGINIA CITY & THE HIGHER
FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO & CARSON CITY.

TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THIS MORNING.
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECTED VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES WITH
SLIPPERY ROADS & GUSTY WINDS.
$$