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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 305 PM PDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...MULTIPLE STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A SERIES OF STORMS WILL IMPACT INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST IS MOVING THROUGH AT THIS TIME BUT WILL STALL OVER THE AREA THEN WEAKEN WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO NEAR PASS LEVELS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE HIGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY THEN LOWER INTO THE FOOTHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN PLUMAS MOUNTAINS AND SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH SUNDAY. CAZ069-141200- /O.EXT.KSTO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120314T1800Z/ WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE CANYON 305 PM PDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH 1 TO 3 FEET POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. * ELEVATIONS: ABOVE 5000 FEET. MOST SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ABOVE 6500 FEET. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH OR HIGHER OVER EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATION RIDGES. * IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CREATING POOR VISIBILITIES. DIFFICULT BACK COUNTRY TRAVELING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL DELAYS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.