[pct-l] Epic Weather Year Continues

[tom aterno]

>From the National Weather Service...

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET
FROM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK TO KINGS CANYON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

and...

...UNSEASONABLY COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER SYSTEM TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...

A VERY DYNAMIC AND COOL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA AND WILL MOVE OVER THE
REGION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO BRING
WELL ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ALONG
WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME SHOWERS
LINGERING OVER THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.

* VALLEY PRECIPITATION: ROUGHLY HALF AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN OVER
  THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND DIMINISHING TO NEAR ONE
  TENTH OF AN INCH OVER THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.

* MOUNTAIN PRECIPITATION: HALF AN INCH OVER LAKE COUNTY AND
  SOUTHWARD OF HIGHWAY 50 IN THE SIERRA NEVADA WHILE THREE
  QUARTERS TO MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF ARE EXPECTED OVER
  SHASTA COUNTY AND DOWN THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA TO AROUND
  INTERSTATE 80.

* SNOW LEVELS: LOWERING TO AROUND 7500 TO 8500 FEET BY TUESDAY
  NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD STAY ABOVE PASS LEVELS EXCEPT
  PERHAPS OVER CARSON PASS ON HIGHWAY 88...EBBETTS PASS ON HIGHWAY
  4 AND SONORA PASS ON HIGHWAY 108. THESE PASS LEVELS MAY
  EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION.