WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 408 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA LATER THIS 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 SNOW...MIXED WITH
SLEET AT TIMES 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 A BIT UNCERTAIN. IF THE LOW
MOVES FARTHER TO THE WEST...THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WOULD BE
DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY 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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