WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 241 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES TUESDAY WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY. STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT PLUME OF DEEP MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO...UP AND OVER THE COLD AIRMASS ENTRENCHED ACROSS CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.
EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY
TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE A LAYER OF ABOVE FREEZING AIR ALOFT PUSHES
NORTH ACROSS THE REGION AND CAUSES A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET THEN
FREEZING RAIN.
UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY THE
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.
THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH TO DRIZZLE OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO
BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.
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LAMBERT/BEACHLER
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