Re: Could to be severe along GOM Coast
Posted by Beachlover on 1/31/2011, 12:00 am
Well, I guess they're finally starting to pay notice in the East.  Here's the current watch for my friends' area of PA:

Issued by The National Weather Service
State College, PA
7:18 pm EST, Sun., Jan. 30, 2011

... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

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

* LOCATION... CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE... A WINTRY MIX... STARTING OUT AS SNOW... CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS... SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING... BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT... LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS... COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. POWER OUTAGES ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO ACCRETIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ON TREE LIMBS WHICH COULD KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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