Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Friday Snow (Northern Indiana)

A Winter Storm Watch was issued by the northern Indiana NWS office. It does look like we will not see any accumulations from this system unless it take a dive to the south by 50 to 75 miles.

...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY....

A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...AND NORTHWEST OHIO. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE
TAPERING OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS
THURSDAY NIGHT AND MOVE EAST INTO THE REGION FRIDAY
MORNING. THIS POTENT SYSTEM WILL PULL AMPLE AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LOOKS
TO OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ALLOWING FOR
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A SMALL AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH
WITH EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE
WATCH AREASHOULD WATCH FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL
WINTER STORM.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY
IMPACT TRAVEL.

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