THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN THIS WEEK...

A STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL CROSS THROUGH SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL FALL AT FIRST...THEN GRADUALLY MIX WITH OR TURN TO FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW SHOWERS.

* LOCATION...THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND POCONOS.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW AND SLEET...MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE IN COUDERSPORT...MANSFIELD AND LAPORTE.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. THE MOST PROBABLE TIME FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND A HEAVY COATING OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.