WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 944 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
THIS WATCH IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY...NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT...
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WASATCH FRONT AND CACHE VALLEY.
IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 24 INCHES LOCALLY IN THE
OGDEN VALLEY.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW WILL REACH THE VALLEY FLOORS BUT SNOW LEVELS
COULD BRIEFLY RISE LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...CAUSING
RAIN TO OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SNOW ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
WASATCH FRONT.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND IMPACT
TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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