glad i got a jacket

Issued by The National Weather Service
Las Vegas, NV
3:25 am PST, Wed., Jan. 13, 2010

... SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...

A VERY STRONG JET STREAM COMING OFF THE ASIA CONTINENT WAS CUTTING ACROSS SOUTHERN JAPAN THIS MORNING. THIS JET STREAM WILL WORK ITS WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN THIS WEEK... AND IS EXPECTED TO SEND A SERIES OF STORMS INTO THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES BEGINNING ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. PERIODS OF WET WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK... WITH SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW POSSIBLE. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL OCCUR... BUT THE OVERALL PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE WHICH AFFECTED THE WEST COAST IN JANUARY OF 1995... WHICH WAS ALSO AN EL NINO PERIOD. LAS VEGAS RECEIVED THREE INCHES OF RAIN... NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEARLY AVERAGE... IN JANUARY 1995.

RESIDENTS OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN... AS WELL AS THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE REGION... SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ANY WATCHES... ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.

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