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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The National Weather Service issued advisories Saturday alongside the California-Nevada line forward of an early winter storm that might deliver greater than a foot (30 centimeters) of snow to the higher elevations of the Sierra and winds gusting as much as 100 mph (160 kph) over ridgetops.
The winter climate advisories, in impact from 4 p.m. Saturday by way of 4 a.m. Sunday, stretched from the Lake Tahoe space close to Reno to south of Yosemite National Park, together with Mammoth Lakes, California.
Three to eight inches (7 to twenty centimeters) of snow was anticipated above elevations of 6,500 ft (1,980 meters), with as a lot as 14 inches (35 centimeters) above 8,000 ft (2,440 meters).
“Plan on slippery street circumstances and poor visibility with snowfall charges of 1 to 2 inches per hour (2.5 to five centimeters) in heavier bands,” the climate service in Reno stated.
Strong winds might trigger tree injury, blowing snow and dangerous boating circumstances on Lake Tahoe with waves 2 to 4 ft (60 to 122 centimeters) excessive, it stated.
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