Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
134 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011

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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-
134 PM PST SAT NOV 19 2011

...PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

FOR SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM FROM THE
GULF OF ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHERN BAJA BRINGING MODERATE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND GUSTY
WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND ON THE DESERT SLOPES WHERE WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE
HALF INCH AT THE COAST AND ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ON THE COASTAL
MOUNTAINS SLOPES. LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS NEAR ONE AND ONE HALF INCH
ARE POSSIBLE ON THE COASTAL SLOPES. ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS IS
EXPECTED IN THE UPPER DESERTS AND ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IN THE
LOWER DESERTS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING AS THE
COLDEST MID LEVEL AIR MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESTABILIZING
THE ATMOSPHERE. THE SNOW LEVEL COULD LOWER TO NEAR 5000 FEET IN THE
SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS BUT LITTLE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THAT ELEVATION. SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ABOVE
5500 FEET.

THE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES.

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