Severe Weather Watches and Warnings
Source: AccuWeather
Oct 3, 2008 - 8:45:35 AM
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 423 AM PDT FRI OCT 3 2008
..SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR WEATHER WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND...
THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM COMING INLAND FROM THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL BRING A TEMPORARY END TO OUR DRY AND WARM FALL WEATHER THIS WEEKEND.
RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA TODAY THEN WORK SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR OVER LINCOLN COUNTY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL STAY ABOVE 9000 FEET ONLY LOWERING TO AROUND 8000 FEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT. THE RAIN SHOWERS AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS WILL END ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA SUNDAY MORNING.
A PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM TODAY AND SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WITH THE COLD FRONT LYING ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE MORE IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND. A BRIEF DOWNSLOPE WIND EVENT MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AND OWENS VALLEY.
FINALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON SUNDAY. FOR LAS VEGAS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY WILL BE AROUND 90 DEGREES WITH A FORECAST OF 77 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. IN THE MOUNTAINS...MOUNT CHARLESTON WILL BE AROUND 65 DEGREES TODAY WITH A FORECAST OF 52 DEGREES SUNDAY.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. PIERCE
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