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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
930 AM PST THU FEB 26 2004

...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE   
   MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...

.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE STORM HAS
MOVED THROUGH THE VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS...NUMEROUS
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. CURRENT SNOW LEVELS NEAR 6000 FEET WILL DROP TO AROUND
5000  FEET LATER TODAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER FURTHER TO AROUND 4500
FEET  TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

SNOW COULD BE HEAVY PERIODICALLY AS SHOWERS FORM AND PASS THROUGH.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000
FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET.

WINDS HAVE DECREASED CONSIDERABLY FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING BUT WILL
STILL BE GUSTY THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST
WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVELLING
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS HAZARDOUS AS VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO
AT TIMES. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MOUNTAINS  THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY
WEATHER  CONDITIONS. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS...AND KEEP IN MIND
THAT  CHAINS MAY BECOME A REQUIREMENT. REMEMBER TO CARRY EXTRA FOOD... 
WATER...AND WARM CLOTHING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE
FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.

CAZ053-054-262030-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
930 AM PST THU FEB 26 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY...

FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR FEET ABOVE 7000 
FEET...WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FEET. IN 
ADDITION...THERE WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH. 

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SOME SNOW REPORTS AS OF 930 AM...

MOUNT BALDY...2 FEET OF SNOW AT 8700 FEET. 1 FOOT OF SNOW AT 7700 FEET.

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