SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
413 AM PST TUE FEB 15 2011
CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-161400-
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS-
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS-
413 AM PST TUE FEB 15 2011
...PRECIPITATION FOR WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...
PATCHY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY AND THE LIGHT RAIN WILL EXPAND
TONIGHT. A STEADIER RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES ARE
FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVELS 6000 TO
7000 FEET ON WEDNESDAY WILL LOWER TO NEAR 4000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BEHIND A COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE QUARTER TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND VALLEYS WITH LOCALLY
UP TO 1 INCH. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER
RAIN BANDS AND FAVORED MOUNTAIN SLOPES. RAINFALL IN THE DESERTS IS
FORECAST TO BE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS. SNOW LEVELS ABOVE 6000 FEET
INITIALLY WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ABOVE 5500 FEET AND 6 TO 10
INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY AND MOUNTAIN
PASSES.
A BREAK IN THE WEATHER WILL OCCUR FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. THIS SLOWER MOVING STORM SYSTEM COULD
BRING SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SUNDAY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES.
$$
TARDY
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