Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
909 AM PST TUE MAR 2 2010
CAZ096-030115-
/O.CON.KHNX.WW.Y.0006.100302T2000Z-100303T0800Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
909 AM PST TUE MAR 2 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT ABOVE 5000 FEET...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
AND NEAR YOSEMITE PARK.
* ELEVATION: NEAR 6000 FEET LOWERING TO 4500 TO 5000 FEET THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY
MIDNIGHT.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SHAVER LAKE...HUNTINGTON LAKE...SIERRA
SUMMIT...BADGER PASS....TUOLUMNE MEADOWS.
* WINDS: NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED EXCEPT OVER THE CREST.
* IMPACTS: ROADS ABOVE 5000 FEET MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. BE
PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
MAINLY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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BINGHAM