...GULF OF ALASKA STORM SHOULD REACH THE AREA WEDNESDAY... A COLD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH TOWARD THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA LATER THIS WEEK. THIS STORM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION INTO THE AREA BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH MAY OCCUR ALONG HIGHWAY 395 FROM RENO SOUTH TO MAMMOTH LAKES. SIERRA RIDGE GUSTS COULD REACH 100 MPH AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. ALONG THE FRONT RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND REACH THE RENO-TAHOE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA AS SNOW LEVELS DROP BELOW 6000 FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES THURSDAY SNOW LEVELS COULD DROP TO THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEY FLOORS AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A SECOND BURST OF PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE AREA THURSDAY...WHICH COULD BRING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEY FLOORS.Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.
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