WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 403 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MAINE FRIDAY. MORE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AND CONTINUE
INTO SUNDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. STORM
TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THIS EVENT...FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY...STILL REMAIN UNCERTAIN. THE DETAILS SURROUNDING THE
LOCATION...DURATION AND AMOUNT OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL WILL BECOME
CLEARER AS THE EVENT DRAWS CLOSER.
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH ON THE SYSTEM...AS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE
POSSIBLE. CHECK FOR DETAILS ON THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION BY
GOING TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.
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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