WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 437 AM MST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
THIS WATCH IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY...NORTHERN WASATCH
FRONT...SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS 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 18 INCHES LOCALLY IN THE
OGDEN VALLEY.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME HEAVIER
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...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 A MIXTURE OF
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND OR STRONG WINDS.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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