WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 319 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
.A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES
WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN SNOW
FALLING HEAVILY AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THIS TIME...AND THE TIME WOULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE.
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS...MORE
THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. IN ADDITION...INCREASING WINDS
MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW.
FURTHER INLAND...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INTERIOR
SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MAINE...RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX
WITH THE SNOW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN THESE
AREAS...MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY MIX
WITH RAIN OR SLEET OCCURS.
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL HEAVILY
AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. EVEN IN THESE LOCATIONS...SLEET
OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES...AND MORE THAN 6
INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY MIX.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IT MAY FALL
IN THE FORM OF RAIN....FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THIS WILL DEPEND ON
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE SNOW MAY START EARLY ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHWEST MAINE. CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FAIRLY RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND
THE EVENING COMMUTE MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. IF YOU HAVE
PLANS TO TRAVEL WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BE SURE TO KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST.
MEZ018-NHZ010-013-082100-
/O.NEW.KGYX.WS.A.0009.091209T1000Z-091210T0300Z/
INTERIOR YORK-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANFORD...BERWICK...ROCHESTER...DOVER...
SALEM...DERRY...EXETER
319 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
ACROSS THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INTERIOR SECTIONS
OF YORK COUNTY MAINE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CLOSE TO DAYBREAK
WEDNESDAY...AND FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE
CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN.
AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...IT MAY FALL
IN THE FORM OF RAIN....FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. THIS WILL DEPEND ON
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 300 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 300 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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