Winter Storm Watch Issued for Friday

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
431 AM EDT WED MAR 30 2011

...EARLY SPRING WINTER STORM POSSIBLE...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAIN THROUGH FRIDAY.

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
431 AM EDT WED MAR 30 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHWEST
CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO TRAVEL ISSUES FOR THE FRIDAY
MORNING COMMUTE AS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE SLIPPERY WITH POOR
VISIBILITY POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE SNOW COULD ALSO BE WET AND
HEAVY...PRESENTING PROBLEMS FOR TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES...
AS WELL AS SNOW REMOVAL.

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.