National Weather Service (NWS) Issues Winter Storm Watch...

WINTER STORM WATCH

ALERT: ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY

NIGHT... 

AT NOON TODAY (TUESDAY 1/2/2011)THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY

METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND...AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW...WITH A PERIOD OF A RAIN AND SLEET MIX AT THE ONSET.

ACCUMULATIONS...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.

WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON...BECOMING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 30 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN TURNING NORTHWEST THURSDAY MORNING. HIGHEST WINDS EAST.

TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING

COMMUTE AND THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW

FALLING OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY.

INSTRUCTIONS.... 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.