WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 328 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN VERMONT.
A RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE
SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT THEN INTO THE GULF OF
MAINE THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL SPREAD MOISTURE BACK INTO SOUTHERN
VERMONT IN THE FORM OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THE SNOWFALL WILL BE A PROLONGED EVENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF 9
INCHES OR MORE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE ON
THE INCREASE WHICH MAY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW.
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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BGM/KL
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
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