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...LIGHT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LIKELY FOR FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS...

A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ON FRIDAY BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TO THE VALLEY
AND SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY
MORNING OVER AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SO MORNING HOLIDAY
SHOPPERS COULD BE MET WITH SOME LIGHT RAINFALL.

IN THE MOUNTAINS...SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO
LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FEET OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SHASTA COUNTY...TO
4500 TO 5000 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA PASSES DURING
THE DAY ON FRIDAY. LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A RELATIVELY
NARROW BAND OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER PORTIONS
OF THE SIERRA NEVADA FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR.

THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER FRIDAY
NIGHT BUT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA ON SATURDAY. CLEARING SKIES AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE SACRAMENTO
VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 TO 50 MPH OVER THE MOUNTAINS.