6/4/09 9:30pm
Get ready for June snows. Winter Weather Advisory issued for the West Slope of the Sierra Nevada. 4-7" with locally higher amounts above 7500' during the day Friday......

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM PDT
FRIDAY FOR SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR THE WESTERN SLOPES
OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL
PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY.

THE LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTING OUR WEATHER FOR THE
LAST FEW DAYS WILL MOVE INLAND ON FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
INLAND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 7500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING
WITH LOCALLY LOWER SNOW LEVELS. THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING WHEN AN AREA OF ENHANCED PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN SLOPES. THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN
INTENSITY FRIDAY EVENING.

FOR PLUMAS COUNTY AND LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK SNOW LEVELS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH THAT MAJOR ROADWAYS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED. THE ONLY ROADWAY WOULD LIKELY GET
IMPACTED IS THE ROAD TO LASSEN PEAK. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE TO
CAMPERS AND HIKERS WHO MAY BE SITUATED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

FOR INTERSTATE 80 AND US-50 OVER DONNER SUMMIT AND ECHO PASS
THERE MAY BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AT TIMES BUT NO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THESE PASSES.

FOR CARSON PASS...EBBETS PASS AND SONORA PASS...THEY ARE ALL
EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY SNOW ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT OVER THESE PARTICULAR SIERRA NEVADA PASSES.

OUTDOOR RECREATIONALISTS...ESPECIALLY CAMPERS AND HIKERS
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER WINTRY WEATHER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.