URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
321 AM PST FRI DEC 6 2013
...VERY COLD WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING....LOW PRESSURE WILL REACH THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA
TONIGHT BRINGING VERY COLD AIR...GUSTY WINDS...AND A PERIOD OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LATER TODAY INTO SATURDAY.
THE POWDERY SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN
PASSES.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM
THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SATURDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO
HEAVY BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH UP TO
1 FOOT ALONG THE SIERRA CREST. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND EAST
OF THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR.
* IMPACTS: DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES BELOW 20 DEGREES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
LEAD TO BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES.
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