...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. A PERIOD
OF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...OR POSSIBLY ALL SNOW...MAY OCCUR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT ANY ACCUMULATION AT THAT TIME IS EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT.
* 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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