[CTSARA] WINTER STORM WATCH Issue Date: 4:23 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

[John Sabini Jr.]

WINTER STORM WATCH
                       Issue Date: 423 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN DEC 15 2013...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
423 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013



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

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

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY
AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. 

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM
LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG 
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY
EVENING... AND THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM LATE
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS. 

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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J/S WB1GRB