CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-231800- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 130 PM PDT SAT MAR 22 2014 ...WET AND COOLER WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... * IMPACTS: WET ROADS WITH WINTRY TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS. CHAIN RESTRICTIONS AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS LIKELY OVER SIERRA PASSES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY: UP TO ABOUT A HALF AN INCH IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH UP TO AROUND AN INCH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...EXCEPT 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER SIERRA NEVADA. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS: SEVERAL INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COASTAL AND SHASTA MOUNTAINS WITH A FOOT OR MORE OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 6000 FEET. * SNOW LEVELS: INITIALLY AROUND 6000 FEET OR HIGHER TUESDAY LOWERING TO AROUND 4000 FEET WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN TERRAIN...LOCALLY HIGHER OVER REMOTE PEAKS. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION BEGINS OVER THE COASTAL AND WESTERN SHASTA MOUNTAINS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THEN SPREADS EAST AND SOUTH OVER MOST OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION TURNS SHOWERY LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. DECREASING THREAT OF SHOWERS THURSDAY.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 23:46:50 +0000
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