SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
256 PM PDT FRI MAY 13 2011
CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-141200-
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
256 PM PDT FRI MAY 13 2011
...BREEZY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...
...COLDER WITH A LIGHT SIERRA SNOWFALL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...
LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE INLAND SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY AND DRIVE A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. AHEAD
OF THE FRONT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF RENO. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
ALSO...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING DUST.
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THE SIERRA FROM
THE TAHOE BASIN NORTHWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. SEVERAL INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE TAHOE BASIN BY MID MORNING SUNDAY...WITH SLUSHY AND SNOW
COVERED ROADS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. SNOW WILL HAVE
A HARD TIME STICKING AFTER MID MORNING SUNDAY WITH THE STRONG MAY
SUN.
TEMPERATURE WISE...HIGHS WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ON
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
MID 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR MANY LOWER VALLEYS MONDAY MORNING.
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Special Weather Statement...Mostly Tahoe And Northward
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