WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 353 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
COAST.
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF
INTERSTATE 95...WITH THE SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN OR SLEET
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. AFTER DAYBREAK
SATURDAY...THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD SEE A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH 6 TO 12
INCHES MAINLY FROM LATER SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 12 INCHES OF SNOW
WELL TO THE WEST OF RICHMOND ACROSS THE PIEDMONT COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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