...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY PRODUCE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF
LOCALLY 6 INCHES OR MORE. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP
LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...WHICH WILL
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLY
NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE DANGEROUS WINTER CONDITIONS AS
WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED TRAVEL TIMES. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT
THURSDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. TEMPERATURES
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID TEENS BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILL VALUES FALLING TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW ZERO.
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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