KLOX600659634 KLOX@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2010-02-08T14:28:17-08:00 Actual Alert Public WWUS46 KLOX 082226 WSWLOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KLOX.WS.A.0004 Met Future Severe Possible 2010-02-10T15:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND NOON ON TUESDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTH FACING SLOPES. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN AT 4000 FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THEN QUICKLY LOWER TO AROUND 3000 FEET TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE LOWERING TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAN GABRIELS. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THE LOW SNOW LEVELS...THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR NEAR THE GRAPEVINE AND THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR THROUGH SOLEDAD CANYON WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. IN ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA ON TUESDAY...TURNING TO THE NORTH BY WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BREEZY WINDS COULD CREATE BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND DENSE FOG THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. P-VTEC /O.NEW.KLOX.WS.A.0004.100209T2000Z-100210T2300Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... LOCKWOOD VALLEY... MOUNT PINOS... ACTON... MOUNT WILSON... SANDBERG 35.793274,-120.19697 35.61313,-120.19697 35.43693,-119.99854 34.911175,-119.472755 34.81932,-119.22686 34.81932,-119.22686 34.81932,-117.645604 34.289947,-117.645604 33.954013,-117.79389 33.943912,-117.936396 33.740577,-118.118946 33.664642,-118.2529 33.664642,-118.2529 33.73493,-118.41356 33.81525,-118.40352 33.81525,-118.40352 34.006023,-118.50393 34.006023,-118.78507 34.076305,-119.10638 34.156635,-119.21682 34.267086,-119.30718 34.387573,-119.51803 34.407654,-119.69877 34.397614,-119.85942 34.45786,-120.01004 34.43778,-120.44179 34.52814,-120.52211 34.578342,-120.63255 34.749035,-120.63255 34.749035,-120.63255 34.88961,-120.672714 34.88961,-120.672714 35.070343,-120.62251 35.14063,-120.743 35.14063,-120.743 35.23099,-120.893616 35.421764,-120.883575 35.421764,-120.883575 35.441845,-120.98398 35.6025,-121.13459 35.662746,-121.27517 35.793274,-121.32537 35.793274,-120.19697 UGC CAZ053-054-090600-