[NevadaARES] WEATHER ALERT NV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

..PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO BRING SNOW & STRONG WINDS 
TO THE NORTHERN SIERRA THUR & THUR NIGHT...
 
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING OVER LASSEN COUNTY 
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE LAKE TAHOE 
AREA EARLY THUR MORNING.

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THUR AFTERNOON & 
EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 
4000-4500 FEET IN LASSEN COUNTY TO 5000-5500 FEET IN THE 
WESTERN SIERRA ALONG THE I80 CORRIDOR. STRONG 
SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH ON THUR WILL 
COMBINE WITH SNOW TO CREATE LOCAL BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS OVER THE PASSES & OTHER EXPOSED HIGH 
ELEVATION AREAS OF THE N. SIERRA.  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 
OF A FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE N. SIERRA ABOVE 
5500 FEET IN WESTERN LASSEN COUNTY & ABOVE 7000 FEET 
IN THE LAKE TAHOE AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING.

MOTORIST PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE N. SIERRA THUR & 
THURSDAY NIGHT CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT WINTER DRIVING 
CONDITIONS WITH POOR VISIBILITIES & SLICK ROADS...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES. ALWAYS CHECK THE LATEST 
ROAD CONDITIONS & ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR 
DESTINATION.  

CAZ071-071230-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
300 PM PST WED FEB 6 2002

..WINTER STORM WATCH THUR & THUR NIGHT IN THE SIERRA      
   ABOVE 5500 FEET...

LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT IN 
WESTERN LASSEN COUNTY & SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE 
AREA BY THUR MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOMING HEAVY AT 
TIMES THUR AFTERNOON & EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS 
OF AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500 FEET IN THE 
SIERRA BY LATE THUR EVENING. STRONG SW OF 20-40 MPH 
WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING & DRIFTING 
SNOW OVER THE PASSES & OTHER EXPOSED AREAS 
ABOVE 5500 FEET.

CAZ072-NVZ002-071230-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
300 PM PST WED FEB 6 2002

..WINTER STORM WATCH THUR & THUR NIGHT ABOVE 7000 FEET...

LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP EARLY THUR MORNING 
WITH THE SNOW LEVEL 5000-5500 FEET. SNOW WILL BECOMING 
HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING WITH 
ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A FOOT POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 
FEET BY LATE THUR EVENING. STRONG SW WINDS GUSTING TO
80 MPH WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING & 
DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE PASSES & OTHER EXPOSED AREAS 
ABOVE 7000 FEET.