WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 440 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY
SATURDAY. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THIS WEEKEND.
THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES... WHICH MAY COMBINE WITH
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BE ACROSS AREAS CLOSER
TO THE COAST.
THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS
DEVELOPING STORM. IF A MORE WESTWARD TRACK MATERIALIZES, SNOW
AMOUNTS COULD REACH WARNING CRITERIA IN THE WATCH AREA. A MORE
EASTWARD TRACK WOULD YIELD LIGHTER AMOUNTS.
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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