- Winter Storm Watch for Richmond (Staten Is.) 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...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND STRONG
WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN 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.