National Weather Service Issues Winter Storm Watch for Columbia Basin

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND ICE TO THE
ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...

The watch is in effect beginning Early Friday Morning (4 a.m.)

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...CONNELL...PROSSER...TRI-CITIES...DAYTON...
  WAITSBURG...WALLA WALLA.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...BECOMING STEADY ON
  FRIDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
  DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S...RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S ON
  SATURDAY.