WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 303 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.
LOW PRESSURE OVER NANTUCKET ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK
JUST TO THE EAST OF THE GULF OF MAINE TODAY. SNOW HAS DEVELOPED
THIS MORNING ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE LOW...WITH THE STEADIEST
SNOW FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL MAINE...INCLUDING THE MID COAST. FOR
MOST OTHER AREAS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING THE SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT
WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES WELL TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. THE
LOW WILL THEN MOVE BACK TO THE COAST SATURDAY 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 THROUGH
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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