URGENT - WINTER WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1137 AM EST WED FEB 6 2013
...STRONG COASTAL STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLE STARTING
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET LATE
FRIDAY...THEN EAST OR NORTHEAST FROM THERE ON SATURDAY. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WITH THIS
SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE EASTWARD TOWARD
THE SOUTHERN MAINE COAST. THE EVENTUAL TRACK WILL DETERMINE EXACT
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE IS GROWING IN
GREATER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
ADDITIONALLY...VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE TONIGHT AND NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SOME DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS....WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR WESTERN MAINE TO THE MIDCOAST.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN FALLING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES.
CONFIDENCE IN ACHIEVING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
IS MODERATE AT THIS TIME. A TRACK THAT ENDS UP FURTHER SOUTH
WILL RESULT IN LESS SNOW. A TRACK FURTHER NORTH WILL ALLOW FOR
GREATER AMOUNTS.
* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITIES.
* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...2 TO 22 ABOVE.
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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