Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service RENO NV
236 PM PDT Thu Mar 16 2023

CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-172330-
Surprise Valley California-Lassen-Eastern Plumas-
Eastern Sierra Counties-Greater Lake Tahoe Area-Mono County-
Mineral and Southern Lyon Counties-Greater Reno-Carson City-
Minden Area-Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake-
Northern Washoe County-
Including the cities of Cedarville, Eagleville, Fort Bidwell,
Portola, Susanville, Westwood, Sierraville, Loyalton,
South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Truckee, Markleeville, Bridgeport,
Coleville, Lee Vining, Mammoth Lakes, Hawthorne, Yerington,
Smith Valley, Mina, Schurz, Stateline, Glenbrook,
Incline Village, Sparks, Verdi, Gardnerville, Virginia City,
Fernley, Fallon, Lovelock, Silver Springs, Nixon, Imlay, Empire,
and Gerlach
236 PM PDT Thu Mar 16 2023

...QUIETER WEATHER INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND...
...SHOWERS SUNDAY, IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK...

* A quieter pattern will be in store through the start of the
weekend with cool and mainly dry weather prevailing, along
with light afternoon breezes. Take advantage of the break in
the weather for recovery, rest, and clean-up efforts.

* A weaker and fast moving system will bring about a return of
light to moderate Sierra snow showers and light valley rain.
While snowfall amounts look light by Sierra standards, snow
accumulations may still present travel impacts across Sierra
passes.

* There is increasing potential for another strong and impactful
winter storm early next week. While the details will be ironed
out in the coming days, confidence is increasing for another
round of heavy Sierra snowfall. This is looking to be colder
storm with less flooding issues, but more in the way of snow
load impacts for Sierra communities with additional feet of
snowfall possible. The colder nature of this storm combined
with gusty winds could also result in areas of blowing and
drifting snow with periods of lowered visibility.

* Western Nevada valleys could could see a mix of rain snow with
this storm with slushy accumulations and travel impacts possible.

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