WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 402 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY.
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. PERSISTENT
WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF UPSLOPE MOUNTAIN SNOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ACCUMULATING SNOW...
GUSTY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY.
* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. BEST PERIOD
FOR HEAVIEST ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS ANYTIME AFTER MIDNIGHT
THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS.
* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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