This just came over the emergency e-mail system here:

NJZ003>006-011-NYZ072>081-050415-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0001.100205T2300Z-100206T2300Z/
BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-NY (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
303 PM EST THU FEB 4 2010

.WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRI EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRI EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT.& CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.BEFORE TAPERING OFF
LATE IN THE DAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
FALL LATE FRI NIGHT & SAT MORNING.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE.WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN
LOCATIONS CLOSEST TO NY HARBOR & THE ATLANTIC.

THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK OF
THE STORM. THE AREA IS ON THE N. PORTION OF THE PRECIPITATION
SHIELD.AS A RESULT.ANY CHANGE IN STORM TRACK LIKELY WILL
RESULT IN A LARGE CHANGE IN FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS. A TRACK FURTHER
NORTH THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED.WOULD RESULT IN MORE SNOW.WHILE
A SHIFT TO FURTHER SO. COULD RESULT IN LITTLE OR NO SNOW FALLING
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.