[SIERA] Severe Weather Warnings
Terry Philbin
terryphilbin at charter.net
Fri Jan 13 18:59:20 EST 2006
Here's a list server that will keep you up to date on severe weather
warnings in the area. I've copied an example of their email below.
To sign up, read the paragraph at the very bottom of this page.
BEWARE!! When a big storm blows in, You will receive a lot of email.
If I'm gone for a while, I typically sort on sender and delete all of
the [EDIS]email.
The site is California's Electronic Digital Information System [EDIS],
so they let you know what the weather is like before it climbs over the
hill.
Regards,
Terry
KGØDU
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1126 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006
...COLD STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY...
.A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC WILL APPROACH THE SIERRA TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO WESTERN
NEVADA SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING IN
THE SIERRA FROM LAKE TAHOE NORTH AND INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER WESTERN NEVADA SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS SATURDAY MORNING
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WESTERN NEVADA.
CAZ071-141300-
/O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0002.060114T0600Z-060115T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.SN.Y.0002.060114T0600Z-060115T0000Z/
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...
SIERRAVILLE
1126 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW AND RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS
WILL START AROUND 6500 FEET THIS EVENING AND QUICKLY LOWER TO
VALLEY FLOORS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON VALLEY FLOORS WITH
6 TO 10 INCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. IN ADDITION TO SNOWFALL...
LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON
HIGHWAY 395 AND HIGHWAY 70.
$$
CAZ072-NVZ002-141300-
/O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0002.060114T0600Z-060115T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.SN.Y.0002.060114T0900Z-060115T0000Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE
1126 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW AND RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
LEVELS WILL START AROUND 7000 FEET THIS EVENING AND QUICKLY LOWER
TO VALLEY FLOORS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 8 INCHES BELOW 7000 FEET WITH
10 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. IN ADDITION TO SNOWFALL...WIND
GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER RIDGES CAUSING BLOWING SNOW
WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON
INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS AND HIGHWAY 50 OVER ECHO SUMMIT.
$$
CAZ073-141300-
/O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0002.060114T1200Z-060115T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.SN.Y.0002.060114T1200Z-060115T0400Z/
MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES
1126 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW AND RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE INCREASING
BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS
WILL START NEAR 8000 FEET OVERNIGHT AND QUICKLY LOWER TO VALLEY
FLOORS SATURDAY MORNING. BY SATURDAY EVENING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGH SIERRA WEST OF HIGHWAY
95...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 395. IN ADDITION TO
SNOWFALL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER RIDGES
CAUSING BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
CAZ070-NVZ005-141300-
/O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0002.060114T1400Z-060115T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.SN.Y.0002.060114T0600Z-060115T0000Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...EMPIRE...GERLACH
1126 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
RAIN...WITH SNOW ABOVE 6000 FEET...WILL SPREAD OVER THE VALLEYS
OF WESTERN NEVADA AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY EARLY TONIGHT.
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...SNOW LEVELS
WILL QUICKLY FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO
SNOWFALL...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON
HIGHWAY 299 OVER CEDAR PASS AND HIGHWAY 447 NORTH OF GERLACH.
$$
NVZ003-141300-
/O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0002.060114T1400Z-060115T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.SN.Y.0002.060114T1200Z-060115T0000Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
1126 AM PST FRI JAN 13 2006
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
RAIN...WITH SNOW ABOVE 5500 FEET...WILL MOVE INTO THE RENO AREA
LATE TONIGHT. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS. IN ADDITION TO
SNOWFALL...LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON
HIGHWAY 395 AND INTERSTATE 80.
$$
JORDAN
EDIS-01-13-06 1127 PST
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