URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
240 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013...LOWER ELEVATION SNOW POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY...
.A COLD PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR TO THEREGION AS WELL AS LOWER ELEVATION SNOW. SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLYFALL TONIGHT TO BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET...BEFORE CRASHINGFRIDAY EVENING TO NEAR 2500 FEET. LOCALLY LOWER SNOW LEVELS WILLBE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER SHOWERS. GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSEBLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE ATTIMES.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANGELUS OAKS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BARTON FLATS...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...
FAWNSKIN...FOREST FALLS...I-15 AT CAJON SUMMIT...
I-15 AT 3500 FEET...LAKE ARROWHEAD...MOUNT BALDY...
MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE...OAK GLEN...PHELAN...RUNNING SPRINGS...
TWIN PEAKS...WRIGHTWOOD240 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 PM PSTFRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECTFROM 2 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY.
- SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET LATE TONIGHT WILL PLUMMET
DURING THE DAY TO AROUND 3000 FEET.
TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SEVEN INCHES ABOVE 4000
FEET...WITH UP TO NINE INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR 3000 FEET.
WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
IN BLOWING SNOW.
- IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. CARRY CHAINS.
- OUTLOOK...COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THE
NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY
CAUSING AREAS OF BLACK ICE OR SLIPPERY ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSETRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITEDVISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AGUANGA...ANZA...
GARNER VALLEY...IDYLLWILD...MOUNTAIN CENTER...PINE COVE...
PINYON PINES...VISTA GRANDE...BOULEVARD...CAMERON...CAMPO...
CUYAMACA...DESCANSO...JULIAN...LAKE HENSHAW...MORENA VILLAGE...
MOUNT LAGUNA...OAK GROVE...PINE HILLS...PINE VALLEY...RANCHITA...
SANTA YSABEL...WARNER SPRINGS240 AM PST THU FEB 7 2013...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PSTFRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECTFROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY.
- SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET FRIDAY MORNING WILL
PLUMMET DURING THE DAY TO AROUND 3500 FEET AND DOWN TO 2500
OVERNIGHT.
TIMING...FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SEVEN INCHES ABOVE 4000
FEET...WITH UP TO NINE INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR 3000 FEET.
WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
VISIBILITY...LOCAL VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
IN BLOWING SNOW.
- IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. CARRY CHAINS.
- OUTLOOK...COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THE
NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS...WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY
CAUSING AREAS OF BLACK ICE OR SLIPPERY ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSETRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITEDVISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
