High Sierra Topix

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
309 PM PST FRI JAN 27 2006

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT REGION SATURDAY..

.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SATURDAY...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT INTO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND
NORTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A MODEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
IN THE SIERRA. HOWEVER...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE
REGION...EVEN IN LOWER VALLEY AREAS NOT RECEIVING SNOWFALL. IN
AREAS OF SNOW...THIS WILL RESULT IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING FOR VERY DIFFICULT OR LIFE
THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

CAZ071-072-NVZ002-280600-
/O.UPG.KREV.WS.A.0004.060128T1500Z-060129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KREV.WS.W.0003.060128T1500Z-060129T0600Z/
LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD..
SIERRAVILLE...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE..
MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE
309 PM PST FRI JAN 27 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY.

SNOW WILL BEGIN ABOVE 5000 FEET LATE TONIGHT IN WESTERN LASSEN
COUNTY AND SPREAD SOUTH TO LAKE TAHOE IN THE EARLY MORNING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR LASSEN COUNTY
ABOVE 5500 FEET...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. FOR THE GREATER LAKE
TAHOE AREA...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ABOVE 7000
FEET...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL.

IN ADDITION TO SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH
ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 IN LASSEN COUNTY. OVER SIERRA RIDGES..
WIND GUSTS TO 120 MPH ARE EXPECTED. IN AREAS OF SNOW...THIS WILL
RESULT IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING
FOR VERY DIFFICULT OR LIFE THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS..
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER
SAFETY RULES...CARRY TIRE CHAINS...FOOD...WATER...BLANKETS AND A
FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

Total fizzle, from the NWS report I posted. My last weather post.

Last weather post? Noooo!!!

Putting up such weather forecasts that portend big snow storm events on internet forums is often a jinx haha. In the case of the current storm, the raw NWS forecast discussions have pegged the storm with marginal confidence all along since if the jetstream pushed it just a bit further north, most will miss Tahoe. ...David

SSSdave wrote:Putting up such weather forecasts that portend big snow storm events on internet forums is often a jinx haha.

Yeah, but it's nice to have 'em all the same!