White Christmas??

SHORT TERM FORECAST      NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
945 AM PST TUE DEC 21 2010

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.
THE HEAVIEST BAND OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND FROM ORANGE
COUNTY...THROUGH THE NORTHERN INLAND EMPIRE...ACROSS THE SAN
BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...AND INTO THE UPPER DESERTS. TRAVEL WILL BE
SLOW AND POSSIBLY DIFFICULT ON ALL ROADS THIS MORNING.


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
418 AM PST TUE DEC 21 2010

...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A FLOW OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING PERIODS OF LIGHT
TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL TODAY. FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...A
STRONGER...COLDER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL
BRING NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET.


SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BALDWIN LAKE...
BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR LAKE...FAWNSKIN
418 AM PST TUE DEC 21 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING
ABOVE 6500 FEET...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
PST WEDNESDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET...


* ELEVATION: ABOVE 6500 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS: 6000 TO 6500 FEET TODAY...MAY RISE BRIEFLY THIS
EVENING...BEFORE LOWERING TO 5000 TO 5500 FEET WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET TODAY. FOR
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...12 TO 24 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH
4 TO 12 INCHES FROM 6000 TO 7000 FEET.

* TIMING: LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL TODAY. NUMEROUS SNOW
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE...DECREASING WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND ENDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: BALDWIN LAKE...BIG BEAR CITY...BIG BEAR
  LAKE...FAWNSKIN

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY. SOUTH
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING
SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY.

* VISIBILITY: AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN BLOWING
SNOW AND AREAS OF FOG.

* IMPACTS: A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.