KSGX2300547258 KSGX@nwws.oes.ca.gov 2012-02-27T12:35:38-08:00 Actual Update Public WWUS46 KSGX 272035 WSWSGX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE KSGX.WW.Y.0006 Met Future Severe Possible 2012-02-27T22:00:00-08:00 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * ELEVATION: ABOVE 3500 FEET. * SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVEL NEAR 5000 FEET WILL RAPIDLY LOWER TO AROUND 2500 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 FEET... 4 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 3500 FEET. * TIMING: SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: ORTEGA HIGHWAY BETWEEN SAN JUAN FIRE STATION AND EL CARISO FIRE STATION...MOST OF THE TRABUCO RANGER DISTRICT OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST...THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANTA ROSA PLATEAU. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER THE RIDGES. * VISIBILITY: REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN FOG...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && * IMPACTS: RESIDENTS...COMMUTERS...AND OTHERS PLANNING TO BE IN THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...SLICK AND POSSIBLY CLOSED ROADS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. IF POSSIBLE...CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING. THIS WEATHER COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS OR HIKERS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. P-VTEC /O.CON.KSGX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120228T0600Z/ route ncsnorth.oes.ca.gov;capserverNorth SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- 34.81932,-117.63039 34.82936,-117.64043 34.81932,-117.63039 34.81932,-117.63039 34.728954,-116.4054 34.608467,-116.49578 34.608467,-116.49578 34.44782,-116.39536 34.44782,-116.39536 34.347412,-116.39536 34.317287,-116.4757 34.23696,-116.4255 34.13655,-116.46566 34.016064,-116.606224 34.016064,-116.606224 34.026104,-116.46566 33.945778,-116.41546 33.905613,-116.19456 33.72488,-115.93351 33.49395,-115.94355 33.51403,-116.05399 33.425932,-116.085165 33.0622,-116.104195 33.0622,-116.104195 32.618592,-116.10618 32.530037,-117.10827 32.670605,-117.24884 32.83126,-117.289 32.83126,-117.289 32.94171,-117.27896 32.94171,-117.27896 33.202763,-117.409485 33.202763,-117.409485 33.41362,-117.620346 33.564236,-117.88139 33.754734,-118.122025 33.925697,-117.961716 33.935738,-117.81113 33.94641,-117.79929 33.995983,-117.75087 34.08635,-117.70067 34.257042,-117.63039 34.81932,-117.63039 UGC CAZ057-280600-