FWUS45 KREV 231224

AVALANCHE GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
524 AM PDT FRI MAY 23 2008


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*    THIS WILL BE THE LAST ISSUANCE OF THE AVALANCHE GUIDANCE PRODUCT
*    THIS SEASON. THE PRODUCT WILL BEGIN AGAIN IN NOVEMBER.
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CAZ072-NVZ002-240015-
LAKE TAHOE BASIN BACKCOUNTRY FORECAST
524 AM PDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...7000 TO 8000 FEET...


.TODAY...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 42 TO 48. 
.TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 34. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...
THEN CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
HIGHS 41 TO 47. 

...ABOVE 8000 FEET...

.TODAY...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 30 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 35 TO
43. 
.TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 30 MPH. LOWS 27 TO 33. 
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HIGHS
35 TO 43. 

$$

CAZ073-240015-
MONO COUNTY BACKCOUNTRY FORECAST
524 AM PDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...8000 TO 10000 FEET...


.TODAY...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. HIGHS 34 TO
42. 
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
EVENING. LOWS 26 TO 32. 
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHS 35 TO 45. 


...ABOVE 10000 FEET...

.TODAY...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING
TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. HIGHS 26 TO
36. 
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE
EVENING. LOWS 19 TO 27. 
.SATURDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HIGHS
29 TO 39. 

$$




  

    


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