11-8-13
...PRECIPITATION RETURNS TO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...
* IMPACTS: WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS LIMITED TO SIERRA PASSES.
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND FALLEN LEAVES MAY LEAD TO SLICK ROADS AND
CLOGGED DRAINS.
* TIMING: STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SHOWERS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA
ON WEDNESDAY...LINGERING INTO THURSDAY OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ONE-QUARTER TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF
RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY...AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN
POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT: SEVERAL INCHES OF WET
SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRA PASSES. THREE TO SEVEN INCHES
POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER REMOTE ELEVATIONS NEAR LASSEN PARK...AND
UP TO 4 INCHES OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA. SOME ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.
* SYNOPSIS: WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT AND
SPREADING OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY.
PRECIPITATION TURNS SHOWERY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS NEAR AND ABOVE THE SIERRA PASSES ESPECIALLY LATE
TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY.
Update:
Caltrans District10 @CaltransDist10 24s
Calaveras Co. Advisory:SR-4/Ebbetts Pass will close at 10 pm tonight.
Storm expected to create winter driving conditions in the Sierra.
