WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 501 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
A WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW
IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG
WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS
POSSIBLY GUSTING UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH...HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATION COULD CONTRIBUTE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES ALONG
WITH POWER OUTAGES.
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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