Winter Storm Watch Issued for Northern Passaic County, NJ and Orange County, NY for 6-10 Inches of Snow

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
411 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...AN EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM IS LIKELY FOR THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT...

NJZ002-NYZ067-281615-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0007.111029T1000Z-111030T0600Z/
WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-
411 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

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

* LOCATIONS...ORANGE AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY...THEN
BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY IN INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATER
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LOCAL POWER
OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO FALLING TREE LIMBS LADEN WITH
THE HEAVY WET SNOW.

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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