[Richard - 301] URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 515 PM PDT SAT SEP 21 2013 CAZ069-220600- /O.COR.KSTO.WW.Y.0006.130922T0015Z-130922T0600Z/ WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 515 PM PDT SAT SEP 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. AN EARLY SEASON STORM IS BRINGING SNOW AS LOW AT 6000 FEET TO THE SIERRA NEVADA. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES THIS EVENING FOR TRAVELERS ON I-80 AND US-50. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 3 INCHES. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 6000 FEET. * TIMING: THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: KINGVALE...SODA SPRINGS...ECHO SUMMIT. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS: TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWS.SACRAMENTO WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSSACRAMENTO $$ RB
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 00:22:35 +0000
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