THURSDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 17 INCHES WITH EXCEPTION OF AROUND 24 INCHES FROM SOUTHEAST SHASTA COUNTY THROUGH WESTERN PLUMAS
COUNTY. EXPECT HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER LASSEN PEAK.
* ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET.
* TIMING: BEGINNING IN THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SHASTA
COUNTY MOUNTAINS LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREADING OVER THE
SIERRA NEVADA BY TUESDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER COASTAL RANGE AND SHASTA COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...EASTERN TEHAMA AND WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTIES...ALL
TRANS SIERRA HIGHWAYS.
* WINDS: SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXCEPT FOR
GUSTS TO 60 MPH NEAR THE SIERRA NEVADA CREST. STRONGEST WINDS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WITH POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ON SIERRA ROADWAYS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
TRAVELING CONDITIONS. LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
* FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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