WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1037 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ON
SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS WEEKEND.
THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES... WHICH MAY COMBINE WITH
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS
DEVELOPING STORM. IF A MORE WESTWARD TRACK MATERIALIZES...SNOW
AMOUNTS COULD REACH WARNING CRITERIA IN THE WATCH AREA. A MORE
EASTWARD TRACK WOULD YIELD LIGHTER AMOUNTS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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GIGI
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