SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
305 AM PST TUE FEB 9 2010
CAZ096-092300-
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
305 AM PST TUE FEB 9 2010
...LOCAL MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A PACIFIC STORM MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING
SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
LEVEL WILL FALL TO 3500 TO 4000 FEET BY THIS EVENING. LOCAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE
6000 FEET IN THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK SOUTH
TO KINGS CANYON.
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING
CONDITIONS. CARRY CHAINS...WARM CLOTHING AND BLANKETS AND WATER
AND NON PERISHABLE FOOD. BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES OR DELAYS.
CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING
AND WHILE ENROUTE.
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