Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
443 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008

....THE STRONGEST OF A SERIES OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW..

..SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
ACROSS SIERRA PASSES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SHOWERS ON
SATURDAY BEFORE ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT STORM MOVES INTO
THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. FOUR DAY SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5
TO 8 FEET ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY IN THE SIERRA. PERSONS
PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA FOR THIS PERIOD SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AT WEATHER.GOV/RENO OR
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

CAZ072-073-NVZ002-030100-
/O.CON.KREV.WS.A.0001.080104T1800Z-080105T1800Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY..
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE... LEE VINING..
MAMMOTH LAKES...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE
443 AM PST WED JAN 2 2008

....WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING..

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

A WEAK SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT BRINGING
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA..
WHILE 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DOWN TO LAKE LEVEL BY FRIDAY
MORNING. AFTER A BREAK IN THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...A STRONGER
STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
VERY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH SNOWFALL
RATES OF SEVERAL INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 2
TO 4 FEET ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH 12 TO 24 INCHES AROUND LAKE LEVEL.
SNOW COULD CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF RAIN BELOW 7000 FEET FOR LAKE
TAHOE AND 7500 FEET FOR MONO COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SNOW
LEVELS FALL RAPIDLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY...AND ARE
FORECAST TO BECOME UNUSUALLY STRONG FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WIND
GUSTS OVER THE RIDGES WILL PEAK AT OVER 120 MPH...WHILE GUSTS IN
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS MAY REACH 50 MPH OR MORE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY AT MANY OF THE PASSES FROM LAKE TAHOE SOUTH TO MONO
COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH A PERIOD OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLY
REACHING LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.

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