SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
316 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010
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SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO-
MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-
MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
LOYALTON...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE...
MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...VERDI...
GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH
316 PM PST THU NOV 25 2010
...SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA SATURDAY...
A SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE SOUTH TOMORROW AND REACH
THE SIERRA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA SATURDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT
WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER SHOT
OF COLD AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE IN THE SIERRA
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND BY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA.
THE WINDS WILL HELP MIX OUT THE LOWER VALLEYS...PROVIDE A FEW
DEGREES OF WARMING...AND MAY INCREASE SNOW LEVELS BEFORE THE
SYSTEM ARRIVES. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SNOW LEVEL COULD RISE TO
5000 FEET...AND MAY REACH 6000 FEET SOUTH OF US-50.
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND LAKE TAHOE BASIN
SATURDAY MORNING THEN SPREAD SOUTH INTO MONO COUNTY BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. ABOVE 7000 FEET...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 12
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BELOW
7000 FEET INCLUDING WESTERN LASSEN...PLUMAS AND SIERRA
COUNTIES...THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN AND ALONG HIGHWAY 395 IN MONO
COUNTY.
ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ON VALLEY FLOORS...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS.
HOWEVER SINCE THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...SNOW MAY FALL BUT NOT ACCUMULATE ON SOME VALLEY FLOORS.
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