SFOSPSSTO (11/08/08 1459)
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SPSSTO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
301 PM PST SAT NOV 8 2008
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SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
301 PM PST SAT NOV 8 2008
A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH INTERIOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY BRINGING SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WITH
POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES OF
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA OVERNIGHT WHERE LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVELS WILL
START OUT GENERALLY ABOVE 7000 FEET THIS EVENING BUT WILL LOWER TO
AROUND 4500 TO 5000 FEET SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL SOUTHWEST WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN RIDGES
TONIGHT.
THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH
SOME LINGERING SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE MORNING AND ALONG THE WEST
SLOPES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA.
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS.
CARRY TIRE CHAINS AND EXTRA SUPPLIES AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD
AND WEATHER REPORTS BEFORE DEPARTURE.
