THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS COULD OCCUR IN THE WATCH AREA  LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY…AFTER A TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW OCCURS.

* SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE.

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO LATE AFTERNOON…MAKING FOR POTENTIALLY VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* THOSE WHO MUST TRAVEL OR COMMUTE DURING THIS TIME SHOULD PLAN  FOR DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO AFTERNOON…LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS IF STRANDED FOR PROLONGED PERIODS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET …AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL.  MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.