1 of 1                        WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
350 AM PST MON JAN 23 2012

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TODAY...

.ANOTHER POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
TODAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...
ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY
LATE AFTERNOON.

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KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
350 AM PST MON JAN 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...AND UP TO 8
  INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS
  MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER
  OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: FRAZIER PARK...PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB...WALKER
  PASS.

* WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH OVER THE RIDGES AND THROUGH FAVORED
  PASSES AND CANYONS.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY WILL BE AFFECTED BY
  PERIODS OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.

* THE GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI PASS WILL BE BELOW THE EXPECTED SNOW
  LEVEL. WHILE LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SNOW
  SHOWERS...THE MAIN IMPACT ON TRAVEL THROUGH THESE PASSES WILL BE
  GUSTY WINDS THAT MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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