Storm Watch and snow report, 2/12

7:30 am – rain total, .4 inches; season total, 18.5 inches. CHP reports no highway problems in Big Sur. And following is a hazardous weather conditions report. LOOK at the projected snow totals!!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM
FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY.

A COLD STORM SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO
CALIFORNIA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
AREA INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE AMPLE MOISTURE
AND THE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 2000 BY
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET...WITH 6 TO 8
INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS OVER 3000 FEET.

NOAA forecast discussion continues to predict snow down to 2000 ft. in the Santa Lucia Mtns. by tomorrow morning.

THIS SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH TODAY AND WILL SWING A
 COLD FRONT ACROSS THE DISTRICT TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS QUITE A BIT
 COLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS SYSTEMS...AND UNLIKE THE PAST SYSTEMS THE
 PRECIPITATION WILL COINCIDE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIRMASS.
 SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 2000 TONIGHT IN THE SF BAY AREA...AND WILL
 DROP TO 2000 FEET BY FRI MRNG IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MONTEREY AND SAN
 BENITO COUNTIES.