WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 330 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT
AND AFFECTS OUR AREA LATER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO OR THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS THIS NOR/EASTER MOVES JUST TO
THE EAST OF OUR AREA.
WARMER AIR MAY MIX IN FROM THE OCEAN AND CAUSE A MIX OR CHANGE
TO RAIN RIGHT ALONG THE COAST...KEEPING SNOW AMOUNTS LESS THAN
AREAS JUST INLAND. HOWEVER, AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY EVEN THESE
AREAS MAY CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AND RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW TO COMBINE WITH
GUSTY WINDS TO CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE STRONG...ESPECIALLY CLOSER
TO AND AT THE COAST. THIS WILL WORSEN TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY
CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
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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