Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Special Weather Statement 21:57:39.7826840

...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 BECOMING
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. THE MOST
RECENT NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE HOWEVER THAT THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL 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.