LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH

AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM WILL USHER IN STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD BRING LAKE EFFECT AND LAKE ENHANCED SNOW FALL THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

…LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT…

* LOCATIONS…THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS….ESPECIALLY THE SNOW BELT AND AREAS WEST OF WARREN.

* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS….MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING…SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS…SNOW WILL CAUSE LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL. PREVIOUSLY WET ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY SUNDAY EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO ON TUESDAY.

* WINDS…WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES…HIGHS IN THE 20S MONDAY AND TEENS TUESDAY.

* VISIBILITIES…LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES.