URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
351 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009
...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
TODAY...MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON SATURDAY. THIS LOW
WILL THEN PASS OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTING
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE POTENTIALLY HEAVY
SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
351 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA BEGINNING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SPREADING FROM WEST
TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO FALL
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT.
DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW...SOME SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE
SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND SURROUNDING COASTAL
LOCATIONS. THIS WILL HELP LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8
INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR CONNECTICUT...
AND FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY...WESTCHESTER COUNTY
AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
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.

MPS