[NevadaARES] WeatherNV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

..A WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO NE CALIFORNIA & THE N.
AND CENTRAL SIERRA THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO N. CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS STORM WILL BE COLDER THAN RECENT SYSTEMS WITH SNOW OR
RAIN THIS EVENING CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE VALLEYS BY SUN MORNING. THIS STORM
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SW WINDS CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW IN THE EXPOSED HIGHER
ELEVATIONS SAT NIGHT & SUNDAY.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OR ACTIVITIES IN THE SIERRA THIS WEEKEND
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.

CAZ071-152000-
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
545 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...
SNOW & RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN LASSEN COUNTY BY THIS
AFTERNOON & SPREAD ACROSS NE CALIFORNIA THIS EVENING. SNOW
LEVELS INITIALLY AT 6000 FEET WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY THIS
EVENING & TO THE VALLEY FLOOR OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH SUN MORNING. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET & 5 TO 10 INCHES BELOW 6000
FEET...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS OF EASTERN LASSEN
COUNTY.
$$

CAZ072-NVZ002-152000-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
545 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...
SNOW & RAIN WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRA CREST BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON & SPREAD ACROSS THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN THIS EVENING. SNOW
LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY DROP TO LAKE LEVEL THIS EVENING & TO THE LOWER
VALLEYS OF ALPINE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH SUN MORNING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUN AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 20
INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES BELOW 7000
FEET...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS OF EASTERN ALPINE
COUNTY.
$$

CAZ073-152000-
MONO COUNTY-
545 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003

..WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY...
SNOW & RAIN WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SIERRA CREST BY EARLY THIS
EVENING & SPREAD ACROSS MONO COUNTY OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6500 FEET
WILL DROP TO 5000-5500 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 SOUTHERN MONO COUNTY.
$$