HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 437 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. THIS WOULD
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY...
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 SIGNIFICANT ICING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THEN RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THIS COULD CREATE FLOODING CONCERNS AS WELL.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TIMING...STRENGTH AND
TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. ANY CHANGE IN TRACK COULD RESULT IN LESS
COLD AIR TRAPPED NEAR THE SURFACE...REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING RAIN. STAY TUNED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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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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