WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 346 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING FOR ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 OR MORE
INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM...WHICH WILL HAVE
AN IMPACT ON SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. ALSO...THERE IS EXPECTED TO
BE A SHARP NORTHERN EDGE TO THE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING
SNOW...WHICH COULD SET UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WATCH
AREA. THEREFORE THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA.
LOW PRESSURE EMERGING OFF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...WILL
INTENSIFY CONSIDERABLY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL BECOME A
POWERFUL NOREASTER AS IT TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM. A
SMALL SHIFT IN THE TRACK WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON SNOWFALL ACROSS
THE AREA.
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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JPV/NAS
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