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A MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...A DEVELOPING STORM SOUTH OF CAPE COD THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS NORTHWEST TO EASTERN PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE
OVERNIGHT...THEN PERFORMS A LOOP OVER THE TRI-STATE INTO FRIDAY...BEFORE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND WEAKENING ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL EVENTUALLY BRING SNOW TO THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE BY FRIDAY...WITH THE RAIN-SNOW LINE GRADUALLY MOVING EAST FROM THE EASTERN NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS THE TRI-STATE...AND WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN USUAL TO SHOVEL...POSSIBLY CAUSING BACK INJURIES IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY.

THU FEB 25 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY...THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY BECOME LESS STEADY AND LIGHTER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. FOR NOW EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF ORANGE...PASSAIC...AND BERGEN COUNTIES THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING DOWN TREES
AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.