Heavy Snow in California, March 9, 2001

WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
245 PM PST FRI MAR 9 2001

UPPER LOW STILL MAKING PROGRESS SOUTH AND THE MORE MODEL RUNS SEEM TO
HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THAT.  THERE IS ALSO MORE AGREEMENT IN THE
MODELS TODAY THAN YESTERDAY.  STILL ANOTHER SHOT OF SNOW THIS EVENING
AS GOOD DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW COMBINES WITH COLD
UNSTABLE AIR.  SOME ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY BUT MAINLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.  HAVE EXTENDED THE SNOW ADVISORY INTO THIS EVENING AND
RAISED THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE LAKE LEVEL IN THE TAHOE BASIN AND ABOVE
7000 FEET IN MONO COUNTY.  BY SATURDAY A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS
POSSIBLE AS THE LOW STARTS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN CALIF AND SOUTHERN NV.
THEN SUNDAY A RIDGE STARTS TO MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH.  ON THE
MORNING MODEL RUNS THE RIDGE IS NOT AS STRONG AS IS WAS IN PREVIOUS
RUNS BUT IT SHOULD STILL BE DRY BUT MAYBE NOT AS MUCH WARMING BUT
STILL WARMER.  THE MODEL SOLUTION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED
THROUGH WED SEEM CLEAR BUT LAST NIGHT THE MRF INTRODUCED A LOW
BREAKING OFF OF THE NORTHERN JET AND DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE CALIF
COAST.  THE MRF HAS ERRORED WITH SIMILAR PATTERNS IN THE PAST BUT CAN
NOT BE DISCOUNTED COMPLETELY.  WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN THURS BUT DRY
FRIDAY OUT.

.REV...SNOW ADVISORY TIL 900 PM LAKE TAHOE AREA ABOVE 6500 FT
       CAZ072...NVZ002.
      .SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT MONO COUNTY ABOVE 7000 FT CAZ073.