[SIERA] Special Weather Statement for Carson City, NV

[Dick Flanagan]

Special Weather Statement
317 am PDT Sat may 7 2005

...Significant snowfall possible Sunday night and Monday in the High
Sierra...

An unseasonably cold storm system in the Gulf of Alaska will move to
the northern California coast by Monday bringing more rain and snow
to the area. A cold front associated with the system will move into
the northern Sierra Sunday evening...and move into western Nevada
Monday. Snow levels will start out at around 7500 feet Sunday
afternoon...before falling to around 6000 feet Monday.

Over a foot of snowfall is possible in the Sierra above 7000 feet
Sunday night and Monday. Some snowfall accumulation is possible for
Lake Tahoe Monday as snow levels fall behind the cold front. In
addition to Sierra snowfall...areas of northeast California and
northwest Nevada saturated by recent significant rains could receive
additional significant rainfall Monday and Monday night as the storm
system slowly moves inland.

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio and other local media for further
details or updates.


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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org