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Urgent-NWS_LOX-WINTER_ST 12/28 239

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
230 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AND CREATE SIGINIFICANT SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND VERY STRONG WIND. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-230 PM PST SUN DEC 28 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED AROUND 5500 FEET...WITH 18 TO 36 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH SPEEDS FROM 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

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FORWOOD/GOMBERG



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EDIS-12-28-03 1425 PST