827 WWUS46 KLOX 192022 WSWLOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1222 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES... .A COLD PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW BURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BEGIN AROUND 7000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT. CAZ053-054-200500- /O.NEW.KLOX.WW.Y.0006.100220T0200Z-100220T1400Z/ VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON... MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG 1222 PM PST FRI FEB 19 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING: SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET...WITH LESS THAN 4 INCHES BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET. * SNOW LEVEL: THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 7000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5000 FEET OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY LOWER SNOW LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND DENSE FOG WILL LIKELY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GOMBERG/WOFFORD