The Great Cucurbita Experiment

Special Weather Statement - SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY IN THE HIGH SIERRA... A POTENT STORM SYSTEM SOUTH OF ALASKA WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN SIERRA SUNDAY EVENING... AND MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA MONDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AT AROUND 8000 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE FALLING TO AROUND 6000 FEET MONDAY. OVER A FOOT OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FOR LAKE TAHOE MONDAY AS SNOW LEVELS FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO SIERRA SNOWFALL...AREAS OF NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA SATURATED BY RECENT RAINS COULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES INLAND.