Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
222 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016

...HIGH ELEVATION SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW TO
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
222 PM PST WED FEB 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM PST THURSDAY...

* SNOW LEVELS...8000 FEET TODAY...LOWERING TO 7500 FEET BY
THURSDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...
TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...AND UP TO 7 INCHES IN THE
FAVORABLE WEST AND SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAN
BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. STRONGEST
GUSTS TO 75 MPH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* VISIBILITY...REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE OR LESS IN SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND 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 WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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JT