WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1032 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 18 INCHES
ACROSS THE REGION. THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES LATER
TONIGHT ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST AND NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...
POSSIBLY LIMITING ACCUMULATIONS THERE.
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES WITH VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH ON THIS SYSTEM AS TRAVEL THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING WILL BE QUITE DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT
RECOMMENDED. CHECK FOR DETAILS ON THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION
BY GOING TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. A
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL
FREQUENTLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN FALLING SNOW WITH
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUTS AT TIMES.
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