National Weather Service Issues Snow Advisory for Sierra Nevada: Earliest in 20 Years

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Image: National Weather Service, Hanford, CA

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Hanford, CA issued a winter weather/snow advisory for high elevations in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, saying on their Facebook page:

We have a very early Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 11 PM Sunday through 5 PM Monday above 8,000 feet. Latest probabilities have a 35 to 65 percent probability of 2 inches of snow or more above 8,000 feet. Tioga Pass has a 35 percent probability of 3 inches or more and can see impacts.

According to an article in USA Today covering the advisory, they claim the advisory is the earliest in the season for 20 years.

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