Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Special Weather Statement 16:15:33.5794767

...SNOW LIKELY THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT...

A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF SNOW VERY LATE
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
WHILE SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE GENERALLY ONLY EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR
TWO...THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN ROADWAYS BEING ICY
AND POTENTIALLY BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TREAT AS TEMPERATURES FALL
INTO THE TEENS BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

ANOTHER STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SNOW OVERSPREADING
MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. EARLY
INDICATIONS ARE THAT ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES
COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
THIS SYSTEM IS STILL WELL OVER 1000 MILES WEST OF CALIFORNIA AND
ANY SLIGHT SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS
ON THE POTENTIAL FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL
PLANS ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM.