WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 342 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
THIS WATCH IS FOR THE CACHE VALLEY...NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT...
SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WASATCH FRONT AND CACHE VALLEY.
IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 18 INCHES LOCALLY IN THE OGDEN
VALLEY.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF SUNDAY EVENING.
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW WILL REACH THE VALLEY FLOORS BUT SNOW LEVELS
COULD BRIEFLY RISE LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...CAUSING
RAIN TO OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SNOW ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WASATCH
FRONT.
* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND IMPACT
TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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