Weather update

Issued by The National Weather Service
Little Rock, AR
Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 3:22 PM CST Updated Dec 25, 2012, 3:35am CST

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* EVENT... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FROM THE WEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP CHRISTMAS MORNING... BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION... SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN TO MIX IN WITH THE RAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXTURE WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACT... TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS... AS ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.