Posted on 01/01/2011 10:57:49 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
We're looking at perhaps four consecutive days of rain, but much depends on the last couple of days and what happens to the fairly large amount of tropical rain north of Hawaii in the following 'current view.' It could mix with the cold air coming from Alaska and create much more snow in the mountains.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1047 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011
...HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT MUCH OF INYO COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
DESERTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL BRING SNOW INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND TO MUCH OF INYO
COUNTY ABOVE 3000 FEET THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO SPREAD INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION TONIGHT WITH SNOW LEVELS
DOWN TO 2000 FEET.
CAZ520-522-030030-
/O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110103T1800Z/
OWENS VALLEY-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA
1047 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY
ABOVE 3000 FEET...
A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 AM PST MONDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS INYO COUNTY THE REST OF TODAY THEN PERSIST
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW LEVEL: AROUND 3000 FEET.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME OF THE PEAKS IN DEATH VALLEY
RECEIVING 18 TO 24 INCHES.
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