...COOLER AND UNSETTLED WEATHER FRIDAY... A COLD LATE-SEASON WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY BEFORE MOVING EAST ON SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY AND BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY...HOWEVER LINGERING SHOWERS ALONG THE SIERRA ARE EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY.
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WITH BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LIGHT TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL COULD ACCUMULATE ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA CREST...GENERALLY ABOVE 5500 FEET. MOST ROADWAYS WILL NOT SEE AS MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION DUE TO THE WARM SURFACE TEMPS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AND LONGER DAYLIGHT HOURS. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES THAT MEASURE ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. CAMPERS...HIKERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN SIERRA.