KENT-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
MILLVILLE
937 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2017
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* LOCATION...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, CENTRAL DELAWARE AND THE
SOUTHERN EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND.
* HAZARD TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 5 INCHES OR MORE OF
SNOW. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF
SATURDAY'S WEATHER SYSTEM. EVEN SMALL SHIFTS IN THE STORM TRACK
COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SATURDAY
WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST
EVENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER
