Areas Affected:
Belknap - Northern Carroll - Northern Coos - Northern Grafton - Southern Carroll - Southern Coos - Southern Grafton
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL SPREAD SNOW
ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE THEN MAINE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
COLD AIR INITIALLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL ENSURE THAT
MOST LOCATIONS START AS SNOW. NEAR THE COAST SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY
TRANSITION TO RAIN AFTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX IN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AFTER LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL. HOWEVER...ACROSS THE
INTERIOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE...TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW. OVER THE COURSE
OF ABOUT 24 HOURS 6 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THE BULK OF
THE SNOW WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...BEFORE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER MONDAY AFTERNOON.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND INTERIOR
WESTERN MAINE.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW
* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO MAINE SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING...ROADS WILL BECOME
SLIPPERY.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
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