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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
634 PM PST WED DEC 18 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF LOS ANGELES AND
   VENTURA COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...

.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL LIKELY
BRING SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER RAPIDLY ON
THURSDAY...FALLING TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. AS A RESULT...INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE
COULD BE IMPACTED BY SNOW SHOWERS DURING THIS TIME...ALONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS. AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSNOW ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD BRING BRIEF
HEAVIER SNOW RATES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS TO OUR SOUTH
ON THURSDAY NIGHT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF WRAP AROUND MOISTURE
BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS TO INTERIOR MOUNTAIN SLOPES AS
WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY.

CAZ053-054-191100-
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VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...
MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
634 PM PST WED DEC 18 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
   TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 4500 FEET...WITH
  LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS DOWN TO 3500 FEET POSSIBLE.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...SHIFTING TO THE
  NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW LEVELS...BETWEEN 5500 AND 6000 FEET LATE TONIGHT DROPPING
  RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 3500 AND 4500 FEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO 
  THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  HAZARDOUS ON AREAS ROADWAYS...SUCH AS HIGHWAY 33 THROUGH THE
  VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...AND INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE KERN COUNTY
  LINE. SNOW SHOWERS COULD IMPACT THE GRAPEVINE AREA ALONG
  INTERSTATE 5 THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
  MAY ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE LIMITED DUE
TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND.

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GOMBERG