Friday, December 13, 2013

WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR SATURDAY

From the National Weather Service:

.. WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
* LOCATIONS... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARD TYPES... SNOW... MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES... ALONG WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* WINDS... NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE MID 20S.
* TIMING... SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY EVENING... AND THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS.
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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