537 WWUS85 KPIH 040022 SPSPIH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 522 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 IDZ019-020-040315- CLARK ID-TETON ID-JEFFERSON ID-MADISON ID-FREMONT ID- 522 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO A LINE OF SNOW SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR SAINT ANTHONY AROUND 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARD REXBURG AND RIGBY WHILE GRADUALLY INTENSIFYING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WERE NOTED IN THE HENRYS LAKE AREA ALONG WITH ONGOING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NORTH OF IDAHO FALLS ALONG HIGHWAY 20 TO THE MONTANA STATE LINE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH 815 PM MST THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... ISLAND PARK...ASHTON...DRIGGS...ST ANTHONY...AND REXBURG. LAT...LON 4383 11267 4453 11179 4457 11169 4455 11148 4459 11153 4464 11152 4466 11149 4471 11149 4469 11128 4463 11122 4458 11122 4453 11112 4448 11109 4414 11108 4413 11104 4360 11104 $$ MH  062 WWUS81 KRNK 040029 SPSRNK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 729 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 NCZ001-018-VAZ007-009-015-WVZ042-043-045-040630- ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL... MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY... BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD... DUO...RAINELLE 729 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL KEEP TRAVEL SLICK IN SPOTS TONIGHT... THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SLICK ROADS ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE MAINLY CONCENTRATED NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER...AND FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF I-77 INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE. IF TRAVELING...BE ALERT TO SOME BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. $$  315 WWUS85 KRIW 040037 SPSRIW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 532 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 WYZ008-009-040130- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- 532 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 OCCASIONAL SNOW AND INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL IMPACT THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY. TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL HIT THE AREA THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE WEST TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AT PASS LEVEL AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF WILL BLOW ON MONDAY BUT NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS TONIGHT'S. THE WIND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RANGE ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MONDAY MAY LEAVE ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RANGE. TRAVEL OVER POWDER RIVER AND ESPECIALLY GRANITE PASS WILL LIKELY BE HAMPERED AT TIMES DUE TO THE OCCASIONAL SNOW AND STRONG WIND. $$ WYZ010-011-040130- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- 532 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHED SOUTH BY DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORMS IN MONTANA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM. EXPECT BRIEF STRONG CROSSWIND NEAR 60 MPH ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN BUFFALO AND THE CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY 7 PM. BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS BOUNDARY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. $$ SKRBAC/AEM  251 WWUS83 KUNR 040043 SPSUNR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 543 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 SDZ001-WYZ054-056-040130- HARDING SD-NORTHERN CAMPBELL WY-WESTERN CROOK WY- 543 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CAMPBELL...NORTHWESTERN CROOK AND WESTERN HARDING COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MST... AT 536 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF BROADUS TO 26 MILES WEST OF ECHETA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL BURST OF VERY HEAVY SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN GILLETTE... SPOTTED HORSE... RECLUSE... ECHETA... LIGHTNING FLAT... ROCKYPOINT... WESTON... WYODAK... NEW HAVEN... CAMP CROOK... OSHOTO... ROZET... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 96 AND 151... && LAT...LON 4500 10601 4500 10442 4541 10405 4556 10405 4555 10389 4420 10509 4420 10603 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 270DEG 51KT 4550 10507 4449 10626 $$ HELGESON  588 WWUS83 KIWX 040059 SPSIWX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 759 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004- 005-015-016-024-025-040900- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE 759 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 /659 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013/ ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT OUR AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY. LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY REACH A KNOX TO MARION INDIANA LINE BEFORE DAWN TUESDAY... WITH HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE AREA DURING THE DAY. A LAYER OF WARMER AIR WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... WHICH MAY RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW SOUTH OF ROUTE 6 EARLY TUESDAY... BUT BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON COLDER AIR ALOFT SHOULD CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. MUCH OF OUR AREA WILL LIKELY SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 6 INCHES OR MORE EXISTING WHERE THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW SETS UP. THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AND THIS REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME... SO ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. $$  003 WWUS83 KUNR 040127 SPSUNR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 627 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 SDZ001-012-WYZ054>058-071-040215- BUTTE SD-HARDING SD-NORTHEASTERN CROOK WY-NORTHERN CAMPBELL WY-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL WY-WESTERN CROOK WY-WESTON WY-WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY- 627 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CAMPBELL...CROOK... NORTHWESTERN WESTON...WESTERN BUTTE AND WESTERN HARDING COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MST... AT 625 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIDGEWAY TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SLEET OR SNOW MAY OCCUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES GREATLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... BUFFALO... SUNDANCE... WYODAK... NEW HAVEN... ROZET... OSHOTO... CAMP CROOK... CARLILE... DEVILS TOWER... MOORCROFT... KEYHOLE RESERVOIR... HULETT... PINE HAVEN... DEVILS TOWER JUNCTION... LADNER... ALVA... GUSTAVE... HARDING... COLONY... WARREN PEAK... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 110 AND 206... && LAT...LON 4399 10443 4411 10584 4501 10545 4501 10406 4594 10406 4596 10311 4595 10311 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 275DEG 39KT 4564 10438 4419 10551 $$ HELGESON  404 WWUS85 KRIW 040149 SPSRIW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 649 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 WYZ008-009-040500- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- 649 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 OCCASIONAL SNOW AND INCREASING WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL IMPACT THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY. TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL HIT THE AREA THIS EVENING AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE WEST TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AT PASS LEVEL AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPE FOOTHILLS... ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF WILL BLOW ON MONDAY BUT NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS TONIGHT'S. THE WIND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RANGE ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MONDAY MAY LEAVE ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RANGE. TRAVEL OVER POWDER RIVER AND ESPECIALLY GRANITE PASS WILL LIKELY BE HAMPERED AT TIMES DUE TO THE OCCASIONAL SNOW AND STRONG WIND. $$ WYZ010-040500- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- 649 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 NORTH WINDS WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH 8 PM AND THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH 8 PM. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS...AND VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE MONDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WIND WITH BRIEF GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ALONG WITH AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW ENDING BY EVENING AND WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WYZ004-040500- NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- 649 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM. EXPECT WINDS TO THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE MONDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WIND WITH BRIEF GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING BY MONDAY EVENING. $$ SKRBAC/AEM  879 WWUS83 KUNR 040214 SPSUNR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 714 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 SDZ001-002-012-013-024-025-028-029-072-073-WYZ056>058-071-040315- BUTTE SD-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS SD-HARDING SD-NORTHEASTERN CROOK WY-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS SD-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-PERKINS SD-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS SD-WESTERN CROOK WY-WESTON WY-WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY- 714 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CROOK...NORTHERN WESTON...NORTHWESTERN CUSTER...LAWRENCE...WESTERN PENNINGTON... WESTERN MEADE...BUTTE...HARDING AND WESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MST... AT 709 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF LADNER TO COLONY TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...AND A SHORT PERIOD OF INTENSE SLEET OR SNOW. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE... BUFFALO... DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH... DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE... DEADWOOD... DOWNTOWN STURGIS... HILL CITY... INYAN KARA MOUNTAIN... HARDING... BEULAH... LADNER... OSAGE... MOSKEE... BELLE FOURCHE RESERVOIR... BUCKHORN... REDIG... FOUR CORNERS... FRUITDALE... O'NEIL PASS... SAINT ONGE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SOUTH DAKOTA MILE MARKERS 1 AND 50... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 177 AND 207... && LAT...LON 4595 10270 4486 10284 4377 10361 4376 10494 4485 10419 4501 10417 4501 10405 4594 10406 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 269DEG 44KT 4587 10395 4485 10406 4384 10476 $$ HELGESON  914 WWUS83 KIND 040238 SPSIND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 938 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-040445- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 938 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY MID DAY TUESDAY. AREAS FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL OR MIXED PRECIPITATION AT TIMES WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON SNOW TOTALS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. MAJOR UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND THUS THE RESULTING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH. SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THESE TOTALS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INDY...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS APPROACHING STORM. $$  085 WWUS83 KIND 040238 SPSIND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 938 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-040900- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 938 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY MID DAY TUESDAY. AREAS FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL OR MIXED PRECIPITATION AT TIMES WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON SNOW TOTALS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. MAJOR UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND THUS THE RESULTING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES NORTH. SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THESE TOTALS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INDY...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS APPROACHING STORM. $$  334 WWUS83 KUNR 040305 SPSUNR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 805 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 SDZ001-002-012-013-024>026-072>074-WYZ057-040400- BUTTE SD-HARDING SD-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS SD-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS SD-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-PERKINS SD-RAPID CITY SD-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS SD-WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY- 805 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CROOK... NORTHEASTERN WESTON...NORTHERN CUSTER...LAWRENCE...CENTRAL PENNINGTON...WESTERN MEADE...BUTTE...EASTERN HARDING AND WESTERN PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM MST... AT 802 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF LUDLOW TO 6 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT ALONG WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY INTENSE SLEET OR SNOW. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN STURGIS... DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY... BELLE FOURCHE RESERVOIR... FRUITDALE... WHITEWOOD... NISLAND... BROWNSVILLE... CASTLE ROCK... RALPH... NEWELL... HOOVER... REVA... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SOUTH DAKOTA MILE MARKERS 7 AND 63... && LAT...LON 4596 10240 4375 10324 4376 10333 4414 10338 4414 10406 4386 10408 4387 10410 4391 10417 4596 10341 TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 271DEG 29KT 4600 10326 4385 10406 $$ HELGESON  357 WWUS86 KMFR 040307 SPSMFR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 705 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ORZ021-022-024-041800- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 705 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS TO 35 MPH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE COASTAL RANGE...INCLUDING THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS WITH A SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4000 FEET. BEHIND THE FRONT...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO AROUND 3000 FEET BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY. $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029>031-041800- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 705 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTRY WEATHER TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS WILL DECREASE BUT REMAIN BREEZY. ALSO...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO VALLEY FLOORS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS INTO THURSDAY. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 1 TO 4 INCHES. $$ CAZ083-ORZ027-028-041800- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TENNANT...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 705 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTRY WEATHER LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... MODERATE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS LATE TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET, BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. $$ CAZ081-041800- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 705 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH A COLD FRONT TUESDAY... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. $$ SK  573 WWUS85 KPIH 040315 SPSPIH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 815 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 IDZ019-020-023-040615- CLARK ID-TETON ID-JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID-FREMONT ID- 815 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO AT 815 PM MST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW EXTENDING FROM ASHTON EAST THROUGH DRIGGS AND SOUTH TO IDAHO FALLS AND SWAN VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE REGION THROUGH 11 PM MST. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 20 NORTH OF IDAHO FALLS AND HIGHWAY 26 EAST OF IDAHO FALLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACCUMULATING LIGH SNOWFALL WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ON AREA ROADS. LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... VICTOR... THORNTON... SUGAR CITY AND ST. ANTHONY... LAT...LON 4307 11112 4324 11189 4328 11188 4330 11259 4420 11235 4413 11104 4327 11103 $$ MH  809 WWUS85 KPIH 040320 CCA SPSPIH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 820 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 IDZ019-020-023-040615- CLARK ID-TETON ID-JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID-FREMONT ID- 820 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO SOUTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO AT 815 PM MST...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW EXTENDING FROM ASHTON EAST THROUGH DRIGGS AND SOUTH TO IDAHO FALLS AND SWAN VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE REGION THROUGH 11 PM MST. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 20 NORTH OF IDAHO FALLS AND HIGHWAY 26 EAST OF IDAHO FALLS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOWFALL WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ON AREA ROADS. LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... VICTOR... THORNTON... SUGAR CITY AND ST. ANTHONY... LAT...LON 4307 11112 4324 11189 4328 11188 4330 11259 4420 11235 4413 11104 4327 11103 $$ MH  029 WWUS86 KPQR 040409 SPSPQR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 809 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ORZ009-014-WAZ023-041500- WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS... MULTNOMAH FALLS...PARKDALE...ODELL...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA 809 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY... COLD AND DRY AIR LEFT BEHIND BY SATURDAYS COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL QUICKLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR UPPER PORTIONS SUCH AS NEAR PARKDALE. MEANWHILE A VIGOROUS AND COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA...SPREADING PRECIPITATION ONSHORE BY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS POSSIBLE THAT TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING AS PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS THE COLUMBIA GORGE AND HOOD RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY ABOVE 1000 TO 1500 FEET ELEVATION...WHERE A FEW INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER... SUCH AS DOWNTOWN HOOD RIVER AND STEVENSON...THE HIGHWAY 84 AND 14 CORRIDORS...ARE LESS LIKELY TO SEE STICKING SNOW. DETAILS ARE STILL VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ ORZ011-013-WAZ019-041500- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT... SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS... COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS 809 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW LIKELY FOR THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... AFTER A SUNNY AND RELATIVELY MILD DAY MONDAY...A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE CASCADES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES EARLY TUESDAY...BUT WILL QUICKLY FALL BELOW THE PASSES AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES TUESDAY MORNING. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN TUESDAY NIGHT...KEEPING THE SNOW LEVEL WELL BELOW THE CASCADE PASSES THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW EXPECTED IS A BIT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. NONETHELESS...MOTORISTS OR OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS WITH PLANS IN THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS FOR WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ WEAGLE/KMD  820 WWUS83 KLOT 040409 SPSLOT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1009 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ILZ032-033-039-INZ019-041100- LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER 1009 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 /1109 PM EST SUN MAR 3 2013/ ...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY ALONG WITH A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE PRECIPITATION COULD START AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ALONG A LINE FROM PONTIAC TO WATSEKA TO FOWLER INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEFORE COLDER AIR LEADS TO A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS...HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. THERE IS STILL A GOOD AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...THEREFORE THINGS COULD CHANGE. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ARE URGED TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. $$ JEE  404 WWUS83 KEAX 040418 SPSEAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL 1018 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-033-040715- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING... MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA... MOBERLY 1018 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 THROUGH 1AM CST...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM UNIONVILLE TO MOBERLY. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SURFACES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS. $$ BLAIR  106 WWUS83 KUNR 040430 SPSUNR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 928 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 SDZ001-002-012>014-031-032-073-040730- BUTTE-HAAKON-HARDING-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS- PERKINS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- 928 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ALONG WITH A SHORT PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AT THE START. THE RESULT WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. $$  369 WWUS85 KRIW 040452 SPSRIW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 951 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 WYZ008-009-041500- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- 951 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND AREAS OF STRONG WIND ON MONDAY... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BLAST SOUTH ACROSS THE BIGHORN RANGE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL BRING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ALONG WITH AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY OVER POWDER RIVER PASS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH UP TO 6 INCHES ON WEST FACING SLOPES...FROM SHELL CANYON ALONG HIGHWAY 14 AND NORTH. $$ WYZ010-041500- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- 951 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WIND AND SNOW ON MONDAY... A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM MONDAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WIND WITH BRIEF GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ALONG WITH AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW ENDING BY EVENING AND WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ WYZ004-041500- NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- 951 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WIND AND SNOW ON MONDAY... A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 AM MONDAY MONDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WIND WITH BRIEF GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH ALONG WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING BY MONDAY EVENING. $$ AEM  508 WWUS83 KDVN 040459 SPSDVN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1059 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 IAZ076-077-087-088-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-040700- KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS... KAHOKA 1059 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MOVING IN... A MIX LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA BY 1 AM. EVEN THOUGH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LIGHT...IT WILL PROBABLY CREATE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON UNTREATED ROADS...DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE OUT EARLY MONDAY MORNING BE PREPARED FOR ICY CONDITIONS. $$ DLF  648 WWUS83 KLBF 040506 SPSLBF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1006 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 NEZ004-094-040545- SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- 1006 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM MST... AT 1000 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 77 MILES NORTH OF CODY LAKE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE NEAR... WHITE CLAY AND METCALF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA AROUND 10 PM MST. INTERSECTION OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD AND WHITE CLAY CREEK ROAD AND HAY SPRINGS AROUND 1015 PM MST. RUSHVILLE AND CLINTON AROUND 1030 PM MST. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 145. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 201 AND 231. $$ CDC  876 WWUS83 KLSX 040523 SPSLSX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1123 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-042-052-040730- GREENE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO- AUDRAIN MO-LINCOLN MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN... MEXICO 1123 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS... A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THROUGH 1 AM. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL BE AFFECTING THE QUINCY...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...TROY...AND CARROLLTON AREAS. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT...AND WILL NOT LAST MUCH OVER ONE HOUR. HOWEVER...THOSE DRIVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER THIS WINTRY MIX...SLOW DOWN AND USE GOOD WINTER DRIVING SKILLS. $$ TRUETT  404 WWUS86 KSEW 040531 SPSSEW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 931 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 WAZ001-503>512-514>517-041800- SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- 931 PM PST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN SOME SLIPPERY ROADS... THE COMBINATION OF CLEARING SKIES...A COOL AIR MASS...AND LIGHT SURFACE WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST AND POCKETS OF BLACK ICE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LEAVE EARLY AND ARE AMONG THE FIRST ONES ON THE ROADS. WHILE THIS IS NOT A RARE OCCURRENCE FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH -- IN SEATTLE THERE IS ABOUT A 1 IN 4 CHANCE AND IN OLYMPIA ABOUT A 1 IN 2 CHANCE -- FEBRUARY WAS A MONTH OF MILD MORNING TEMPERATURES SO THIS WILL BE THE COLDEST MORNING SINCE THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. ONCE THE SUN COMES UP TEMPERATURES WILL WARM QUICKLY. BY 10 AM TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING. $$ FELTON/MCDONNAL  548 WWUS83 KLBF 040546 SPSLBF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1046 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 NEZ004-005-094-040630- EASTERN CHERRY NE-SHERIDAN NE-WESTERN CHERRY NE- 1046 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHERRY AND NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM MST/1230 AM CST/... AT 1042 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A STRONG COLD FRONT ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 56 MILES NORTH OF CODY LAKE TO HIGHWAY 27 CROSSING THE NIOBRARA RIVER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... IRWIN...BAYONNE AND ROCK HILL AROUND 1050 PM MST. BILLYS LAKE...ARGO HILL AND MERRIMAN AROUND 1100 PM MST. HIGHWAY 61 CROSSING THE SNAKE RIVER AND ELI AROUND 1115 PM MST. MEDICINE LAKE AROUND 1125 PM MST. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 191. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 178 AND 231. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 128. $$ CDC  056 WWUS83 KLSX 040732 SPSLSX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 132 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ILZ058>060-064-069-074-079-095>102-MOZ061-063-064-040900- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-CLINTON IL- WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-CALHOUN IL- JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-ST. CHARLES MO- ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...CHESTER...QUINCY... EDWARDSVILLE...BELLEVILLE...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS 132 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW HOURS... A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THROUGH 3 AM. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS AROUND QUINCY...PITTSFIELD...CARROLLTON...THE ST. LOUIS METRO AND SPARTA. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR SNOW. HOWEVER...THOSE DRIVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER THIS WINTRY MIX...SLOW DOWN AND USE GOOD WINTER DRIVING SKILLS. $$ BRITT  412 WWUS83 KILX 040928 SPSILX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 328 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>051-053-042100- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-MACON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...DECATUR 328 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... A STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PROLONGED PERIOD WHERE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS...BEGINNING TODAY AND LINGERING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A RUSHVILLE TO BLOOMINGTON LINE SHOULD SEE PREDOMINANTLY SNOW...WHILE AREAS FURTHER SOUTH WILL SEE RAIN OR SLEET MIXING IN AT TIMES. WARMER TEMPERATURES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR SUPPORT PRIMARILY RAIN THERE. THE POTENTIAL FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP SNOWFALL TOTALS LOWER THAN THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE BE...AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING AT TIMES WILL CUT SNOWFALL TOTALS AS WELL. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A TOTAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-74 CORRIDOR. AREAS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH...GENERALLY ALONG A FULTON...MACON...EDGAR COUNTY LINE SHOULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOWFALL. ACCUMULATIONS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF FURTHER SOUTH DUE TO MORE RAIN MIXING IN AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES STAYING ABOVE FREEZING FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD BE HIGHEST OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. $$ BAK  052 WWUS83 KLMK 040947 SPSLMK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 447 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-028>043-045>049-053>057- 065>067-042100- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY- OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY- HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY- BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY- MADISON KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD 447 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 /347 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THOUGH THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. COLD AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FROM AROUND AN INCH TO TWO INCHES BEING POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA TO THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AND HIGHER TERRAIN IN EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MAIN TIME PERIOD FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE SNOWFALL. THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM WOULD ALTER THESE TOTALS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ KYZ026-027-061>064-070>078-081-082-042100- OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY- METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE... ALBANY 347 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. COLD AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH...MAINLY ON GRASSY...ELEVATED...AND UNTREATED SURFACES. THE MAIN TIME PERIOD FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE COULD BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE SNOWFALL. THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM WOULD ALTER THESE TOTALS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION..ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ MJP  001 WWUS83 KLOT 041034 SPSLOT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 434 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ILZ032-033-039-INZ019-041730- LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON...FOWLER 434 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 /534 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY TUESDAY ALONG WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AT FIRST... PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION COULD START AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE COLDER AIR LEADS TO A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW OF AT LEAST A FEW INCHES IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME. THERE IS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO THE FORECAST TOTAL SNOWFALL MAY CHANGE. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ARE URGED TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. $$ MTF  101 WWUS83 KIND 041051 SPSIND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 551 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-042200- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 551 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS A WINTRY MIX...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. AREAS FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL OR MIXED PRECIPITATION AT TIMES WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON SNOW TOTALS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND THUS THE RESULTING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH...TO 2 TO 5 INCHES CENTRAL AND 4 TO 6 INCHES NORTH...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THESE TOTALS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAFAYETTE TO NEW CASTLE LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INDY...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS APPROACHING STORM. $$ NIELD  390 WWUS83 KABR 041115 SPSABR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 515 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-041500- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY- FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 515 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN ICY TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL HELP MELT THE ICE BY MID TO LATE MORNING. $$ CONNELLY  823 WWUS86 KSGX 041128 SPSSGX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 328 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-051430- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY-SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 328 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...COLD PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... A COLD PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST THROUGH THURSDAY... MOVING INLAND THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. CURRENT TIMING WOULD BRING THE MAIN IMPACTS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS AT TIMES FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WITH LOWER SNOW LEVELS FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...DECREASING SATURDAY. * RAINFALL...ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD INCH NEAR THE COAST TO AROUND ONE INCH IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS IN THE DESERTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS IN THE UPPER DESERTS AND ONE TENTH INCH OR LESS IN THE LOWER DESERTS. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 12 INCHES...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR LESS IN THE UPPER DESERTS. * SNOW LEVELS...LOWERING TO AROUND 3500 FEET FOR FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SMALL HAIL OR GRAUPEL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW COULD IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 15 THROUGH THE CAJON PASS AND INTERSTATE 8 THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS INTO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING. THIS WEATHER MAY BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS AND HIKERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/SANDIEGO...AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. $$ 17  893 WWUS85 KREV 041145 SPSREV SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 345 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-050000- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE... LOYALTON...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE... MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA... SCHURZ...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...VERDI... GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH 345 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...COLDER AND WETTER STORM SYSTEM LIKELY BY MID WEEK... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE TUESDAY AND DROP INTO WESTERN NEVADA AND THE SIERRA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN INTO WESTERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO NEAR LAKE LEVEL TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN TO MOST WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS ON WEDNESDAY. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WITH AMOUNTS OF 6 AND 12 INCHES POSSIBLE AT LAKE LEVEL. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LESS IN WESTERN NEVADA...BUT SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE A COUPLE OF INCHES. ACCUMULATING SNOW COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DELAYS IN THE SIERRA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS STORM IS STILL EVOLVING AND THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE FORECAST CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND WEDNESDAY...SO CHECK OUR WEBSITE OFTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO  452 WWUS86 KMFR 041213 SPSMFR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 413 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ORZ021-022-024-050000- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 413 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ALONG THE COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE COASTAL RANGE...INCLUDING THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS WITH A SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4000 FEET. BEHIND THE FRONT...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO AROUND 3000 FEET TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY DECREASING SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029>031-050000- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 413 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY WEATHER TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 5000 FEET WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS WILL DECREASE BUT REMAIN BREEZY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND...WITH DECREASING SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY IN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES. $$ CAZ083-ORZ027-028-050000- NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TENNANT...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 413 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY WEATHER LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... MODERATE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INLAND. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST INTENSITY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND...WITH DECREASING SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES. $$ CAZ081-050000- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 413 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH A COLD FRONT TUESDAY... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. $$  484 WWUS83 KDVN 041304 SPSDVN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 704 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 IAZ042-054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-041515- DUBUQUE-JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 704 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF SNOW EXTENDING FROM DYERSVILLE THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES TO GALESBURG...MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. SNOW FALLING AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL QUICKLY CREATE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH 9 AM. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. REMEMBER TO USE HEADLIGHTS WHEN DRIVING THROUGH SNOW AND FOG. $$ SHEETS  694 WWUS86 KMFR 041352 SPSMFR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR 552 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ORZ021-022-024-050300- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON COAST-CURRY COUNTY COAST- EASTERN CURRY COUNTY AND JOSEPHINE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOS BAY...NORTH BEND...REEDSPORT... BANDON...PORT ORFORD...COQUILLE...BROOKINGS...HARBOR... GOLD BEACH...GRANTS PASS...CAVE JUNCTION 552 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ALONG THE COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING SNOW TO THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE COASTAL RANGE...INCLUDING THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS WITH A SNOW LEVEL NEAR 4000 FEET. BEHIND THE FRONT...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO AROUND 3000 FEET TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY DECREASING SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. $$ CAZ084-085-ORZ029>031-050300- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS... ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT... GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW 552 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY WEATHER TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SUMMER LAKE AREA. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA TUESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW LEVELS INITIALLY AROUND 5000 FEET WILL LOWER TO 4000 FEET WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS WILL DECREASE BUT REMAIN BREEZY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEN...SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND...WITH DECREASING SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY IN KLAMATH AND LAKE COUNTIES. $$ ORZ027-028-050300- SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRATER LAKE...CRESCENT LAKE... DIAMOND LAKE...UNION CREEK...HOWARD PRAIRIE...SISKIYOU SUMMIT 552 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY WEATHER LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY... MODERATE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE CASCADES AND SISKIYOUS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INLAND. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO HAVE THE HIGHEST INTENSITY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INLAND...WITH DECREASING SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN OREGON CASCADES. $$ CAZ081-050300- CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED 552 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH A COLD FRONT TUESDAY... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT. $$  456 WWUS86 KPQR 041422 SPSPQR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 622 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ORZ009-014-WAZ023-042300- WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS... MULTNOMAH FALLS...PARKDALE...ODELL...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA 622 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY... A COLD AND DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY ONCE AGAIN FOR THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY SUCH AS NEAR PARKDALE. MEANWHILE A VIGOROUS AND COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN BE SEEN APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA...SPREADING PRECIPITATION ONSHORE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IT APPEARS POSSIBLE THAT TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING AS PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS THE COLUMBIA GORGE AND HOOD RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY ABOVE 1000 TO 1500 FEET ELEVATION...WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER... SUCH AS DOWNTOWN HOOD RIVER AND STEVENSON...THE HIGHWAY 84 AND 14 CORRIDORS...MAY LIKELY SEE A DUSTING. DETAILS ARE STILL VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ ORZ011-013-WAZ019-042300- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT... SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS... COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS 622 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW LIKELY FOR THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... AFTER A SUNNY AND RELATIVELY MILD DAY TODAY...A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE SNOW TO THE CASCADES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT NEAR THE CASCADE PASSES EARLY TUESDAY...BUT WILL QUICKLY FALL BELOW THE PASSES AS PRECIPITATION INCREASES TUESDAY MORNING. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN TUESDAY NIGHT...KEEPING THE SNOW LEVEL WELL BELOW THE CASCADE PASSES THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW EXPECTED IS A BIT UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. NONETHELESS...MOTORISTS OR OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS WITH PLANS IN THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND OR THEIR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLETS FOR WEATHER INFORMATION. $$  704 WWUS83 KIND 041504 SPSIND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1004 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 INZ028-035>037-043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-041715- WARREN-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 1004 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA...ESPECIALLY FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA NORTHWARD. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY ON TUESDAY MORNING AS A WINTRY MIX...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. AREAS FROM INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY HAVE AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL OR MIXED PRECIPITATION AT TIMES WHICH WILL CUT DOWN ON SNOW TOTALS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE PRECISE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM AND THUS THE RESULTING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH...TO 2 TO 5 INCHES CENTRAL AND 4 TO 6 INCHES NORTH...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICING. SMALL SHIFTS IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM COULD SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THESE TOTALS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAFAYETTE TO NEW CASTLE LINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/INDY...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FUTURE STATEMENTS ON THIS APPROACHING STORM. $$ PUMA  269 WWUS84 KBRO 041745 SPSBRO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1145 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 TXZ255>257-050000- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1145 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AFFECTING DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... THE LOCAL VISIBILITY FOR AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 48 AND ACROSS SOUTH PADRE ISLAND HAS DECREASED TO 1 TO 3 MILES IN PLACES DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST. BE PREPARED FOR LOCALIZED AREAS OF LOWER VISIBILITY FOR EASTERN CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 48...STATE HIGHWAY 4 TO BOCA CHICA BEACH...AND STATE HIGHWAY 100. ANY MOTORISTS ENCOUNTERING THESE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST NEED TO SLOW DOWN...TURN ON HEADLIGHTS...AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES THROUGH SUNSET. $$  752 WWUS86 KHNX 041745 SPSHNX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 945 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 CAZ096-050600- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- 945 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW RETURNING TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA... A COLD WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ABOVE 4000 FEET. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. $$ JDB WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD  317 WWUS85 KREV 041834 SPSREV SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1034 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-050645- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE... LOYALTON...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE... MARKLEEVILLE...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING... MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA... SCHURZ...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...VERDI... GARDNERVILLE...VIRGINIA CITY...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK... SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE...GERLACH 1034 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...COLDER AND WETTER STORM SYSTEM LIKELY BY MID WEEK... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE TUESDAY AND DROP INTO WESTERN NEVADA AND THE SIERRA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN SIERRA TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN INTO WESTERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO NEAR LAKE LEVEL TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN TO MOST WESTERN NEVADA VALLEYS ON WEDNESDAY. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WITH AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE AT LAKE LEVEL, AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN NEVADA. ACCUMULATING SNOW COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL DELAYS IN THE SIERRA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THIS STORM IS STILL EVOLVING AND THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE FORECAST CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND WEDNESDAY...SO CHECK OUR WEBSITE OFTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO  577 WWUS83 KJKL 041900 SPSJKL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 200 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-050400- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 200 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...A STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER TO EAST KENTUCKY... A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PLOW THROUGH THE STATE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION. COLD AIR LINGERING OVER FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT WILL MEAN A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN FOR MAINLY THE VALLEY LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...AROUND DAWN AS THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL PRECIPITATION MOVES IN. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS...PARTICULARLY ON THE ROADS THANKS TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SUNSHINE OF TODAY. ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO JUST RAIN EARLY TUESDAY WITH GENERALLY BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY ANY OF THE HEALTHIER SHOWERS COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A THUNDERSTORM AND GUSTY WINDS. LATER TUESDAY NIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN FROM THE WEST AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO ALL SNOW DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE OFF AND ON FOR MOST OF THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS...WITH PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES GENERALLY IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST KENTUCKY...NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER...WILL BE TARGETED FOR SOME OF THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WITH A FEW OF THE PEAKS LIKELY SEEING UP TO 4 INCHES OF COVERAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND ACCOMPANYING BRISK WEST WINDS WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE REMAINS A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SITUATION...THOUGH...AND JUST A SMALL CHANGE IN ITS TRACK OR TIMING COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE FORECAST. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR FUTURE UPDATES ON THIS IMPENDING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ GREIF  951 WWUS82 KFFC 041917 SPSFFC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 217 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-050730- DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- 217 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND THIS WILL BRING MORE WINTER PRECIPITATION TO NORTH GEORGIA. DURING THE EVENING ON TUESDAY...THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MIXED WITH AND THEN TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS WITH A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY. ROADS COULD BECOME SLICK TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES TO INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. HOWEVER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING AND ICY ROADS WILL NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$  728 WWUS82 KFFC 041918 CCA SPSFFC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 217 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-050745- DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE- 217 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... A STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND ACROSS THE STATE TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND THIS WILL BRING MORE WINTER PRECIPITATION TO NORTH GEORGIA. DURING THE EVENING ON TUESDAY...THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MIXED WITH AND THEN TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. UP TO A HALF INCH OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS WITH A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ACROSS THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS BY WEDNESDAY. ROADS COULD BECOME SLICK TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES TO INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. HOWEVER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING AND ICY ROADS WILL NO LONGER BE A PROBLEM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$  238 WWUS83 KLMK 042035 SPSLMK SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 335 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-028>043-045>049-053>057-066- 067-051000- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY- OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY- HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY- BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY- MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 335 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 /235 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA TO THE KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS ONE TO AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF SNOW MAY PILE UP. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING WEDNESDAY...SO THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS LIGHT SNOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ KYZ026-027-061>065-070>078-081-082-051000- OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE... ALBANY 335 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 /235 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... LOW PRESSURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONE HALF TO PERHAPS AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF SNOW MAY PILE UP...ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING WEDNESDAY...SO THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS LIGHT SNOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ 13  976 WWUS84 KMAF 042106 SPSMAF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 306 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 NMZ027-028-033-034-TXZ057>059-258-042330- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL... VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...RED BLUFF LAKE... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS 306 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 /206 PM MST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...THICK BLOWING DUST IS MOVING INTO FAR WEST TEXAS... AT 245 CST...SATELLITE SHOWS THAT THICK BLOWING DUST IS SPREADING INTO FAR WEST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BLOWING DUST IS JUST EAST OF EL PASO. THIS DUST IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND AFFECT THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR AND THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THEN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THIS DUST WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ALONG I-10...STATE HIGHWAY 54... AND US 180/62. VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 1 TO 3 MILES WITH ISOLATED AREAS BELOW 1 MILE. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THESE AREAS TOO WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 TO 70 MPH. $$  986 WWUS85 KGJT 042107 SPSGJT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 207 PM MST MON MAR 4 2013 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-050915- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RANGELY...DINOSAUR...CRAIG...HAYDEN... MEEKER...RIO BLANCO...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS... STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AND VICINITY...GRAND JUNCTION...FRUITA... PALISADE...RIFLE...SILT...PARACHUTE...MESA...GLENWOOD SPRINGS... EAGLE...CARBONDALE...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS... CEDAREDGE...DELTA...HOTCHKISS...MONTROSE...CRESTED BUTTE... TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERS LAKE...GUNNISON... CIMARRON...RIDGWAY...GLADE PARK...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY... SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS...GATEWAY...NUCLA...CORTEZ... DOVE CREEK...MANCOS...DURANGO...BAYFIELD...IGNACIO... PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY...BLANDING...BLUFF...MEXICAN HAT... MANILA...DUTCH JOHN...VERNAL...JENSEN...BALLARD...FORT DUCHESNE... RANDLETT...MOAB...CASTLE VALLEY...THOMPSON SPRINGS... MONTICELLO AND VICINITY 207 PM MST MON MAR 4 2013 ...THE NEXT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY... ANOTHER PERIOD OF MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH CALIFORNIA FRIDAY AND TRACK THROUGH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SATURDAY...FINALLY EXITING ONTO THE PLAINS SUNDAY. AS A RESULT... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON...INITIALLY FAVORING THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST COLORADO. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE AND BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS ALL MOUNTAIN AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO ARIZONA. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TO BRING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY START OUT ABOVE 7000 FEET ON FRIDAY BUT FALL TO THE HIGHER VALLEY FLOORS BY SATURDAY MORNING AND TO LOWER VALLEY FLOORS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON SATURDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT...AND THEN WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY ON SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY EXITS THE REGION. WHILE THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK AND DURATION OF THIS STORM...IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...BE SURE TO STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. YOU CAN MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA...AND THE GRAND JUNCTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GJT. ALSO...FOLLOW THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. $$  258 WWUS84 KOHX 042121 SPSOHX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 321 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 TNZ009>011-029>034-064>066-078>080-051400- MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON- FENTRESS-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN... HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON... JAMESTOWN...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...MCMINNVILLE... ALTAMONT...SPENCER 321 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO ALTAMONT. SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH ARE ANTICIPATED ON THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW OR LESS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TYPICALLY SNOW PRONE AREAS SUCH AS MONTEREY AND JAMESTOWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION...AS TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. $$ SHAMBURGER  019 WWUS85 KPUB 042234 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 334 PM MST MON MAR 4 2013 COZ081-082-084-085-050015- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 334 PM MST MON MAR 4 2013 ...EXPECT HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM MST... A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND OVER TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM MST...PRODUCING A PERIOD OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY AND A QUICK 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING. ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VISIBILITY BELOW A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS NORTH TO MONUMENT DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ COZ083-086-089-093-095>098-050015- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANON CITY...PENROSE...PUEBLO... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 334 PM MST MON MAR 4 2013 ...PERIODS OF SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS LIKELY THROUGH 5 PM MST... A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE ARKANSAS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND NORTH WINDS WERE GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES BEHIND THE FRONT FROM PUEBLO EAST TO NEAR LA JUNTA. SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AFTER 4 PM MST...AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AROUND PUEBLO AND LA JUNTA BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 PM MST. A QUICK BUT LOCALIZED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR BY EARLY EVENING. $$  926 WWUS86 KHNX 042250 SPSHNX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 250 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 CAZ096-050000- SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON- 250 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW RETURNING TO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA... A COLD WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ABOVE 4000 FEET. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. $$ WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD  991 WWUS86 KPQR 042258 SPSPQR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 258 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ORZ009-014-WAZ023-051115- WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS... MULTNOMAH FALLS...PARKDALE...ODELL...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA 258 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE NEAR HOOD RIVER AND IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY. SNOW MAY FALL IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY MID DAY TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT SPREADS PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. UP TO AN INCH MAY FALL ABOVE ABOUT 500 FEET BEFORE TURNING TO A RAIN SNOW MIX...LATER IN THE DAY OR EVENING. A RAIN SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED IN THE GORGE NEAR HOOD RIVER AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS ON TUESDAY. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST FOR THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY...AS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SNOW COULD LINGER LONGER...OR THAT IT WILL BE TOO WARM BY THE TIME RAIN REACHES EAST OF THE CASCADES FOR SNOW THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE IN THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY ABOVE 500 FEET.. LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER... SUCH AS DOWNTOWN HOOD RIVER AND STEVENSON...THE HIGHWAY 84 AND 14 CORRIDORS...MAY LIKELY SEE A DUSTING. $$ ORZ011-013-WAZ019-051115- NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY- SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT... SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS... COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS 258 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW LIKELY FOR THE CASCADES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE CASCADES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. 1 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW PASS LEVELS THOUGH THURSDAY. $$ ORZ003-010-WAZ020-040-051115- COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- WILLAPA HILLS-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...SANDY... SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...FRANCES...RYDERWOOD... TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR 258 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WILLAPA HILLS...NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE AND THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES... A DRY AIR MASS OVER THE AREA COMBINED WITH A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE COAST WILL RESULT IN SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FEET TUESDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER PORTIONS OF THE FOOTHILLS AND THE WILLAPA HILLS. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE COAST RANGE...BUT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE COAST RANGE PASSES. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE SOME AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. $$  555 WWUS86 KLOX 042302 SPSLOX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 302 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 CAZ034>041-044>046-051>054-059-087-088-547-548-060000- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-SANTA YNEZ VALLEY- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST- LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES- VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS- SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS RECREATIONAL AREA- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE- ANTELOPE VALLEY-CATALINA ISLAND-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY- LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY- 302 PM PST MON MAR 4 2013 ...COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN RETURNS TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK... AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AT THE END OF LAST WEEK...A COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING RAIN TO SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DURING THIS TIME...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO BE INCREASING ACROSS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES WHERE THERE COULD BE DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO LOS ANGELES COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 0.20 AND 0.33 INCH ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 0.50 INCH POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 4500 AND 5500 FEET ON WEDNESDAY...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. A COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL LINGER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. DURING THIS TIME...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...WITH SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET. A COLDER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS THEN FORECASTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY. WHILE THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SOMEWHAT STRONGER THAN THE WEDNESDAY SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COLD AND UNSTABLE NATURE OF THIS STORM...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SHOWERY IN NATURE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS QUITE VARIABLE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. THE MAIN IMPACT WITH THE FRIDAY STORM WILL LIKELY BE LOW SNOW LEVELS...GENERALLY IN THE 3000 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE. WHILE IT IS STILL EARLY...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH THE FRIDAY STORM. THE LOW SNOW LEVELS COULD POTENTIALLY BRING SNOW IMPACTS ACROSS SOME OF OUR HEAVILY TRAVELED CORRIDORS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 5 NEAR THE GRAPEVINE...HIGHWAY 14 THROUGH SOLEDAD CANYON...HIGHWAY 138 IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY...AND HIGHWAY 33 IN THE VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS. ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATER THIS WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING. THE COLD WEATHER COULD BECOME DEADLY LATER IN THE WEEK FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS AND HIKERS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$ GOMBERG/HALL