- Winter Storm Watch for Northeast Suffolk County, New York
- Winter Storm Watch issued February 07 at 6:27AM EST until February 09 at 1:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 6:27 a.m.
- Expires: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 1 p.m.
...POWERFUL WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...COASTAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY...AND LONG ISLAND.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND DAMAGING WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING...FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...BRINGING DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS...AND CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.