Full Notification

National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Bergen County until February 11, 2010.

Alert:

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS...ONE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
ANOTHER OVER TEXAS....WILL MERGE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY. A NEW LOW WILL FORM ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATER
TUESDAY AND RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...
BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO OUR REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION STARTING LATE TUESDAY
EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE
SLOWLY TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXISTS.
AT THIS TIME THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEW YORK
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND LONG ISLAND.
AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME
STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL SECTIONS. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND
POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

Instructions: A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Target Area:
Western Passaic
Bergen
Eastern Passaic
Essex
Hudson
Union