Winter Weather Advisory

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
238 PM PST WED FEB 17 2010

CAZ095>097-181100-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
238 PM PST WED FEB 17 2010

...WINTER WEATHER RETURNING TO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

THE FIRST WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN OVER A WEEK IS PROJECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...BRINGING RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW TO THE AREA. THE
SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 5500 TO 6000 FEET OVER THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING LOWERING TO AROUND 5000 FEET BY THE TIME THE
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF SATURDAY EVENING. AT THIS
TIME...ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES
ABOVE 6000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

THIS SYSTEM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SECOND STORM ON SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVIER
SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE...FOR
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
235 AM PST SAT FEB 20 2010

CAZ095>097-202300-
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
235 AM PST SAT FEB 20 2010

...MORE SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...

THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS IS FORECAST TO REACH THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS FORECAST TO
BE A COLD STORM...WITH THE SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO AROUND 4000 FEET
NEAR YOSEMITE AND TO AROUND 4500 FEET IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS
BY MONDAY MORNING.

TOTAL NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 5000 FEET BY MONDAY
MORNING...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD FALL ON THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TEHACHAPI AND TEJON PASSES LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS COULD IMPACT TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE
5 AND HIGHWAY 58 BETWEEN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND THE SOUTHLAND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE
ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.

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SANGER

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
1045 AM PST SUN FEB 21 2010

CAZ095>097-220300-
/O.CON.KHNX.WW.Y.0005.100221T2000Z-100222T1700Z/
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
1045 AM PST SUN FEB 21 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...UP TO 12
INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. IN
THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TEHACHAPI AND TEJON
PASSES.

* ELEVATION: THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET NEAR YOSEMITE
AND TO 4500 FEET IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS BY MONDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE MOUNTAINS BY MIDDAY...WITH
THE HEAVIEST SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST...JOHNSONDALE...
LODGEPOLE...SHAVER LAKE...YOSEMITE VALLEY...TEHACHAPI...
LAKE ISABELLA

* WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES AND THROUGH
FAVORABLY ORIENTED CANYONS AND PASSES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL MAY BE HAMPERED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ABOVE
5000 FEET. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE...
HIGHWAY 58 THROUGH THE TEHACHAPI PASS AND HIGHWAY 178
THROUGH THE WALKER PASS COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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BSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
725 PM PST SUN FEB 21 2010

CAZ095>097-221130-
/O.CON.KHNX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100222T1700Z/
KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
725 PM PST SUN FEB 21 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST
MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...UP TO 12
INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET...AND 5 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. IN
THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES
POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TEHACHAPI AND TEJON
PASSES.

* ELEVATION: THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET NEAR
YOSEMITEAND TO 4500 FEET IN THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS BY
MONDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY
MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST...JOHNSONDALE...
LODGEPOLE...SHAVER LAKE...YOSEMITE VALLEY...TEHACHAPI...
LAKE ISABELLA

* WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES AND THROUGH
FAVORABLY ORIENTED CANYONS AND PASSES WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL MAY BE HAMPERED AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 5000
FEET. TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 5 OVER THE GRAPEVINE... HIGHWAY 58
THROUGH THE TEHACHAPI PASS AND HIGHWAY 178 THROUGH THE WALKER
PASS COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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