WWUS86 KSTO 182310
 SPSSTO
 
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
 310 PM PST WED NOV 18 2009
 
 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-191800-
 SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
 BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
 CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
 CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
 MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
 CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
 NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
 WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
 WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
 310 PM PST WED NOV 18 2009
 
 
 ...A POTENT STORM WILL BRING MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH
 RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...
 
 A WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN IS MOVING EASTWARD
 AND WILL DROP INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. THIS STRONGER STORM
 IS EXPECTED TO BE COLDER AND WETTER THAN THE SYSTEM ON TUESDAY.
 RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A HALF INCH TO THREE
 QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY NEAR
 REDDING...TAPERING DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER INCH OR LESS FOR
 THE SACRAMENTO TO STOCKTON VICINITY. FOOTHILL LOCATIONS WILL GET
 HEAVIER RAIN UP NEAR AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF. MODERATE TO
 STRONG WINDS WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO THE VALLEY. EXPECT
 SUSTAINED WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONG GUSTS UP TO 40
 MPH.
 
 
 WHILE THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE
 CENTRAL VALLEY...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO
 OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONGER WINDS.
 SEE WSWSTO FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
 
 
 
 
 JBB