[SIERA] Northern Nevada Weather

[Dick Young]

POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED FOR EASTERN CA & PORTIONS
OF WESTERN NV FROM WED THROUGH THURSDAY.

A STRONG WINTER STORM IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
TOWARD THE WEST COAST BY WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE SIERRA FROM WED THROUGH
THURSDAY. SOME HEAVY SNOW MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF
WESTERN NV ON WED NIGHT.=20

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WED MORNING WITH SNOW LEVELS
INITIALLY AT 6000 FEET BUT LWRING TO 5000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.THEN LWRING TO THE VALLEY FLOOR BY WED EVENING.
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED IN AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY
395 BY THUR EVENING.EXCEPT UP TO 3 FEET ABOVE 6000 FEET. 5 TO
10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BY THUR EVENING IN THE LWR
VALLEYS EAST OF HIGHWAY 395.


GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA NV-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.CARSON CITY.GARDNERVILLE.
RENO & VA CITY
457 AM PST TUE FEB 24 2004

RAIN & SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE WED MORNING & COULD BECOME
HEAVY BY LATE AFTERNOON & CONTINUE THROUGH WED NIGHT. SNOW
LEVELS INITIALLY AT 6500 FEET WILL LWR TO 5500 FEET BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.THEN DROP TO THE VALLEY FLOOR AROUND MIDNIGHT.
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS ABOVE
5500 FEET INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO & CARSON CITY.AND
AROUND VA CITY.






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