WINTER STORM WATCH

Post date: Nov 20, 2015 1:45:39 PM

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH

SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH

SATURDAY EVENING.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND

INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND

EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY

AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS UP

TO OR IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS

SYSTEM...WHICH WILL HEAVILY IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW

OCCURS. TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE WILL ALSO AFFECT HOW

EFFICIENTLY SNOW IS ABLE TO ACCUMULATE.

* THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE

SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING

SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD MAKE WET AND/OR SNOW COVERED ROADS

VERY SLIPPERY.

IMPACTS...

* TRAVEL MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* THERE IS A CHANCE OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW

ACCUMULATION WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR

THE LATEST FORECASTS.

* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED.