WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 107 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF FOG AND LIGHT RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX
BY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND THEN TO ALL SNOW
OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL
CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING TONIGHT. A LULL IN THE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE INCREASING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITY
REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ARE LIKELY.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
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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