SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 345 PM PST SAT NOV 22 2008
..COLDER AND WETTER WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH TWO SEPARATE STORM SYSTEMS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON THEN MOVE INLAND TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER TO AROUND 6000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THANKSGIVING DAY BEFORE A SECOND PACIFIC STORM IS FORECAST TO DROP DOWN THE WEST COAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DETAILS ARE LESS CERTAIN WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM THOUGH IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE REGION WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IN THE VALLEYS AND SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL...OR WITH OUTDOOR PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...SHOULD KEEP INFORMED WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH THE LOWER ELEVATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO SEE RAINFALL FROM THESE SYSTEMS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AS THE RAIN MIXES WITH OIL AND DUST.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR CHECK YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN.
