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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
525 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008

..SNOW EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI…

525 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO ALABAMA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THIS WILL
INITIALLY BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN TO THE ARKLAMISS BUT AS THINGS COOL
OFF LATE TONIGHT THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW. ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE RAIN SHOULD START TO CHANGE COMPLETELY
OVER TO SNOW EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH A GOOD
PORTION OF THE DAY. SNOW WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES LIKELY LEADING TO
ACCUMULATIONS EVEN IF THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL A FEW
DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING. AT THIS TIME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE LIKELY AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT A LINE OF HEAVIER
SNOW WILL DEVELOP WHICH WOULD LEAD TO GREATER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF ACCUMULATING SNOW…WINDS WILL BE RATHER
BREEZY. SUSTAINED WINDS SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CAUSE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. WINDS SPEEDS OF THAT MAGNITUDE COMBINING
WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COULD CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO FALL TO A
QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS LEADING TO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

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.

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