WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1101 AM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WATCH IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT...SOUTHERN WASATCH
MOUNTAINS...WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...
AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT...AND LAST INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW EXISTS...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
UTAH WHERE UP TO 4 FEET OF SNOWFALL IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN IS
POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE LATE MONDAY
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VALLEY FLOOR LOCATIONS ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTHERN UTAH...INCLUDING THE DIXIE REGION NEAR ST GEORGE...COULD
SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWS WITH THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS ON
THE ORDER OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...
CAUSING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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