WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON
SATURDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MOVING
INTO THE POCONOS AND PORTIONS OF THE CATSKILLS DURING THE DAY. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY
SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
THE EXACT EVOLUTION OF THIS STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN. ANY SHIFT TO
THE TRACK WILL RESULT IN A SHIFT IN THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A
POSSIBILITY...BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE. TRAVEL
CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL
IN THE WATCH AREA.
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