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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