WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 353 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN
SHORE FRIDAY EVENING...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH MAINLY RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. A
CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL
CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SALISBURY NORTH AND WEST.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPING...THE
EXACT TRACK REMAINS UNCERTAIN. IF THE LOW MOVES FARTHER TO THE WEST...THE
WINTER STORM IMPACTS WOULD BE DIMINISHED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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BROWN
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