LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 354 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AS
ARCTIC AIR POURS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.
* SNOW SHOWERS MAY BECOME HEAVY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
* SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITHS WINDS GUSTING TO 25
MPH.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY
ROADS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
LARGE AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND
DEPTH OF SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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