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...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ON SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO OR IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

* THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH WILL HEAVILY IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS. TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE WILL ALSO AFFECT HOW EFFICIENTLY SNOW IS ABLE TO ACCUMULATE.

* THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD MAKE WET AND/OR SNOW COVERED ROADS VERY SLIPPERY. IMPACTS...

* TRAVEL MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* THERE IS A CHANCE OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATION WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BAY ... GENESEE ... HURON ... LAPEER ... LENAWEE ... LIVINGSTON ... MACOMB ... MIDLAND ... MONROE ... OAKLAND ... SAGINAW ... SANILAC ... SHIAWASSEE ... ST. CLAIR ... TUSCOLA ... WASHTENAW ... WAYNE

Instructions:

* A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8