Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
122 PM PST SAT JAN 30 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE
COUNTY MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 4500 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT.

.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT CREATING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER FROM 7500 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING...TO NEAR 6500 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON...NEAR 5500 FT
SUNDAY EVENING...AND 3500 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. A DUSTING IS
POSSIBLE AROUND 3000 FT MONDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL END
LATE MONDAY MORNING...AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT.

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG BEAR CITY...
BIG BEAR LAKE...CRESTLINE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...RUNNING SPRINGS...
WRIGHTWOOD
122 PM PST SAT JAN 30 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT PST SUNDAY NIGHT...

* SNOWFALL...
3500 TO 4000 FT...UP TO 1 INCH
4000 TO 5000 FT...2 TO 5 INCHES
5000 TO 6000 FT...3 TO 9 INCHES
6000 TO 7000 FT...6 TO 12 INCHES
ABOVE 7000 FT.....12 TO 20 INCHES

* SNOW LEVELS...7500 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...TO 6500 FEET SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...TO 5500 FT SUNDAY EVENING...AND TO 3500 FEET LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT. A DUSTING IS POSSIBLE AROUND 3000 FT MONDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING...LIGHTER PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING SUNDAY
NIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS
TO 75 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW...AND DENSE FOG.

* IMPACTS...RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY
CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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