Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
335 PM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

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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-
335 PM PDT SUN MAR 9 2014

...WET WEATHER OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS: WET ROADS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
  WINTRY TRAVEL OVER THE SIERRA PASSES EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ONE TO TWO INCHES OR MORE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.
  UP TO AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY...TAPERING TO A
  TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
  VALLEY.

* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO
  8 INCHES OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN TOPS.

* SNOW LEVELS: ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN PASSES TONIGHT...LOWERING TO PASS
  LEVELS EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OVER HIGHER MOUNTAIN
  TOPS...LOCALLY HIGHER OVER REMOTE PEAKS.

* TIMING: LIGHT RAIN AHEAD OF A PACIFIC FRONT WILL CONTINUE OVER
  AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATE
  TONIGHT...THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD OVER INTERIOR
  NORCAL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
  PRECIPITATION AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER
  WEATHER IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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JHM