WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 308 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW COULD
FALL DURING THIS PERIOD...AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST TRACKS NORTHEAST.
THIS LOW WILL THEN DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES WELL TO THE EAST OF THE
AREA SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE BACK TO THE COAST SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING JUST HOW MUCH SNOW AND WIND WILL AFFECT THE
REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
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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