Weather Friday night and Saturday morning

This a recent naitonal Weather Service announcement for southern California including the San Jacinto Mountains, home of Idyllwild! Drizzling light rain has been falling for about an hour.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
117 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2010

RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
117 PM PST FRI FEB 5 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
 EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST SATURDAY...

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN
OVER THE HIGHEST RIDGES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES
OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL
FLUCTUATE   BETWEEN 6500 AND
7000 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...LOWERING TO 5500 FEET
LATE IN THE DAY SATURDAY..
THEN DOWN TO ABOUT 4000
FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 12 TO 24 INCHES  WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE
7000 FEET THROUGH SATURDAY MIGHT...WITH 6
TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 6000 AND 7000 FEET..
AND LESS THAN 6 INCHES  BELOW 6000 FEET.
SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO
15 TO  30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS: MOTORISTS TRAVELING
ACROSS THE HIGHER RESORTAREAS SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND DENSE  FOG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ARE EXPECTED. STRONG
WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.