WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1006 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
COAST.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED
LATER SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...AS MUCH AS UP TO 5 INCHES OR MORE...MAINLY
FROM LATER SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF DEVELOPING...
THE EXACT TRACK REMAINS UNCERTAIN. IF THE LOW MOVES FARTHER TO THE
WEST...THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WOULD BE DIMINISHED ACROSS EASTERN
AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.
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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