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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
546 AM PST SUN DEC 30 2007

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SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
546 AM PST SUN DEC 30 2007

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF STORMY WEATHER IS ON THE WAY BY THE END
OF THE WEEK..

A POWERFUL ARCTIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SEND A SERIES OF STORMS INTO
CALIFORNIA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN
IN THE VALLEYS...AND HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...IS EXPECTED. STORMS
WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. STORMY
WEATHER MAY PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THESE STORMS WILL DROP SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE SACRAMENTO AND
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEYS DURING THIS PERIOD. VERY STRONG WINDS
ARE LIKELY. IN THE MOUNTAINS...UP TO 10 FEET OF SNOW MAY FALL
OVER THE HIGHEST PASSES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS. BE AWARE THAT TRAVEL WILL
BECOME DANGEROUS IN THE MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.

AT THIS TIME...MAJOR FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS SNOW LEVELS
WILL DROP BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES WITH THESE COLD FRONTS. SNOW LEVEL
FORECASTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY
IN THE AMOUNT OF TROPICAL AIR THAT WILL BE ENTRAINED INTO THE JETSTREAM.

PLEASE MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS
FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. CHECK OUR
WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR UPDATES.

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SG