SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 923 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
WIDESPREAD SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL CAUSE WATER ON ANY UNTREATED SURFACES TO
REFREEZE.
IN ADDITION...INCREASING CLOUD COVER MAY PRODUCE A FEW SPRINKLES
LATE TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE COAST. WITH SUB FREEZING AIR
TEMPERATURES AND COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES...THESE SPRINKLES WOULD
FREEZE ON CONTACT.
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS SOME ROADS COULD BE ICY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 436 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF
PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE STORM...AND LOW LEVEL COLD AIR
REINFORCED BY THE SNOW PACK AND RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE COULD
LEAD TO ICING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THEN RAIN COMBINED WITH THE SNOWMELT COULD CREATE FLOODING
CONCERNS AS WELL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING
CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS
WARNING CRITERIA.
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