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WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SNOW… HEAVY AT TIMES… IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN WEDNESDAY… THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND SUNSET WEDNESDAY.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* NORTHEAST WINDS APPROACHING 30 MPH COULD LEAD TO EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
IMPACTS…
* TRAVEL ON AREA ROADWAYS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
* SNOW REMOVAL WILL BE MORE CHALLENGING AS SNOW CHARACTER WILL BE WET/HEAVY DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT… THEN BECOME A MORE TYPICAL CHARACTER BY THURSDAY MORNING.
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.
* PREPARE… PLAN… AND STAY INFORMED.
