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Winter Storm Watch Forecast For Sunday

By on January 26, 2013
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY… AND THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE KBUR LISTENING AREA…

 

THE WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE ENTIRE AREA, INCLUDING BURLINGTON, IS NOW UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

 

SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. BY EVENING THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT.

 

SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING… WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 QUARTER OF AN INCH. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 30′S.

 

SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AS THE DAY CONTINUES SUNDAY. THE POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST THAT THIS WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.