Re: Possible Major eastcoast snowstorm(BLIZZARD?)
Posted by Beachlover on 2/8/2010, 12:51 am
I have a good friend in south central PA near York, and tonight was idly looking at the forecast for her area on Weather.com when I ran across this rather interesting NWS Winter Storm Watch (bold emphasis mine):

Issued by The National Weather Service
State College, PA
9:31 pm EST, Sun., Feb. 7, 2010

... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY... SPREADING SNOW INTO CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE FROM THIS STORM.

A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... PRODUCING INCREASING WIND AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE TIMING... INTENSIFICATION AND TRACK OF THE SECONDARY LOW WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SHOULD THE SECONDARY LOW TRACK INLAND OR STAY CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE NEW JERSEY COASTLINE... SNOW AMOUNTS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OVER THE MIDDLE TO LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

More Information
... ANOTHER WINTER STORM ON THE WAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY...

.ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL BEAR DOWN ON CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY... BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL.

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Possible Major eastcoast snowstorm(BLIZZARD?) - Fred, 2/7/2010, 1:36 pm
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