WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNT

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WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE SAN BERNARDI...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
110 PM PST MON DEC 27 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO AND
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH 400 PM WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY ABOVE
6500 FEET LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL MOSTLY BE AROUND 6500
FEET...THOUGH IT COULD BE LOCALLY LOWER ON NORTH-FACING SLOPES IN
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 5500 FEET
WEDNESDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT ABOVE
6500 FEET LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
NEAR ZERO. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ABOVE 6500 FEET...INCLUDING IN THE
BIG BEAR LAKE AREA...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
110 PM PST MON DEC 27 2004

...WINTER STORM WATCH ABOVE 6500 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH 400 PM
WEDNESDAY...

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT ABOVE 6500 FEET LATE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHWEST 20 TO

0 MPH WEDNESDAY. LOCAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CRESTS. DUE TO THE STRONG
WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL
ALSO OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS.

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MAXWELL


EDIS-12-27-04 1307 PST