WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
WINTER WEATHER WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND INCLUDING THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN PASSES...
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING SNOW TO ELEVATIONS AS LOW AS 3500 FEET AND MIGHT AFFECT TRAVEL BOTH ON THE I-5 AND I-14 SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
THIS IS A WATCH PRODUCT WHICH MEANS THAT AT THIS TIME THESE WINTER CONDITIONS ARE JUST A POSSIBILITY...NOT A CERTAINTY.
PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER AND SEEK UPDATES AS IT DEVELOPS. THIS STORM COULD CHANGE IN CHARACTER BETWEEN NOW AND SATURDAY.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES...VENTURA AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...LIGHTNING AND POOR
VISIBILITIES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL ACROSS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5500 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET.
* TIMING...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD START TO DIMINISH LATER SUNDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COULD AFFECT TRAVEL ON THE I-5 AND THE I-14
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* VISIBILITIES...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND FOG COULD RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
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