SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
225 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2010
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KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
225 PM PST SUN JAN 10 2010
...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...
THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL REACH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
TUESDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL
START OUT AROUND 6500 FEET TUESDAY EVENING...THEN LOWER TO AROUND
5000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW SPREADS SOUTH DOWN
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND INTO THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 INCHES
IN THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND UP TO 5 INCHES IN THE
TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.
SNOW WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 178 THROUGH THE WALKER
PASS...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED ON EITHER THE GRAPEVINE OR TEHACHAPI
PASS.
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY SHOULD MONITOR FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND CHECK CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING
AND WHILE ENROUTE.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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