A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO
7 AM EST FRIDAY.

STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING…GENERALLY
BETWEEN 8 AND 11 AM. WHEN SNOW FIRST BEGINS…IT COULD BE MIXED
WITH RAIN IN SOME OF THE VALLEYS AND MORE URBANIZED AREAS.
HOWEVER…BY MIDDAY…ONCE THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES HEAVIER…IT
SHOULD TURN TO ALL SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS…WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF
1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.

BY THE TIME SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT…STORM
TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED…WITH LOCALLY UP TO
16 INCHES ON THE HILLTOPS.

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS STORM WILL BE BOTH THE HEAVY
WET NATURE OF THE SNOW…AND INCREASING WINDS LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD PICK UP TO 15 TO
25 MPH BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING…WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES…AND SOME TREE DAMAGE…CAN BE EXPECTED.