...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH
SNOW...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...LIKELY TO LINGER INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THURSDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTALS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND HEAVILY
ON HOW QUICKLY THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW. IF THE CHANGE OVER
OCCURS EARLY ENOUGH THEN HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS COULD
OCCUR...CONVERSELY IF THE CHANGE OVER WERE TO BE LATER THURSDAY
THEN ACCUMULATIONS COULD END UP ON THE LOWER END OF THAT RANGE.
* WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING WITH
GUSTS UP BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL
RESULT IN GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLY NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE ROADS TO
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
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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