WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 353 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA LATER FRIDAY 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 ALL SNOW EXPECTED
LATER SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM LATER SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF
DEVELOPING...THE EXACT TRACK REMAINS UNCERTAIN. IF THE LOW MOVES
FARTHER TO THE WEST...THE WINTER STORM IMPACTS WOULD BE DIMINISHED
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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