Thursday, December 19, 2013

Winter Storm Watch Issued for the Quad Cities

A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the Quad Cities...it's in effect from 6pm Saturday through 6pm Sunday.  We'll see a mix of snow/sleet late Saturday afternoon or early in the evening changing over to all snow by late Saturday night.  Travel will be dangerous in and around the Quad cities late Saturday and for most of Sunday.  Not only will we see 5-8" of snow, winds will be gusting to about 30 mph which will reduce visibilities to around a half a mile! 

Winter Storm Watch
This is the storm we've been talking about for most of the week and now that it's within 48 hours of beginning I'm finally comfortable putting out a snow total forecast...notice the lighter amounts SE of the quad Cities where more sleet and possibly freezing rain could linger, cutting down overall snow totals.
Snow forecast Sat night/Sunday
 We'll have updates throughout the day on Friday as the storm gets closer, and remember you can always find an updated video forecast, current warnings and an HD Radar loop at cbs4q.com - check out the weather page! 

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