...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX THEN CHANGE TO WET SNOW BY LATE MORNING
OR EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF.
* IMPACTS...A COUPLE TO SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY
SNOW MAY PRODUCE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING
TO AROUND 50 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. THERE MAY ALSO BE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES DURING THE PERIOD
OF HIGHEST WINDS FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING TO CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE
MID TEENS...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILL VALUES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
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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