...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS: CATSKILLS...POCONOS AND SCRANTON WILKES BARRE AREA. * HAZARDS: HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...POOR VISIBILITY...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. * TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY NIGHT. * TEMPERATURES: WILL RANGE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF 20 FOR THE BALANCE OF THE STORM. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED SLIPPERY ROADS...POOR VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN THE WATCH AREA. * UNCERTAINTIES: THERE STILL IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF THE SNOWSTORM. IF THE STORM TRACKS FARTHER OUT TO SEA MUCH LESS SNOW WILL FALL...WITH LESS IMPACT ON THE WATCH AREA. CONVERSELY...IF THE STORM TRACKS CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN CURRENTLY PROJECTED...HEAVIER SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY...BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-800-759-2992...OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV. & &
The following locations are affected:
...SNOWSTORM POSSIBLE FOR THE CATSKILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL REACH THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN DEVELOP INTO A MAJOR WINTER STORM OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY SNOW IN THE CATSKILLS AND A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE SCRANTON-WILKES BARRE AREA...WHERE 7 INCHES OR MORE COULD FALL BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. MUCH LESS SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME TO THE NORTH AND WEST INTO THE TWIN TIER REGION OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. THERE STILL REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR WEST THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLS WITH THIS STORM. YOU ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM NYZ057-PAZ040-044-047-072-261815- /O.EXA.KBGM.WS.A.0006.101226T1800Z-101227T1800Z/ DELAWARE-NORTHERN WAYNE-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALTON...DELHI...SCRANTON... WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...HONESDALE 10
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