HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 820 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 830 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. ROADS WILL BE
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY IN MANY AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT.
VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THIS FEATURE WILL COMBINE TO WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 20 MPH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES OF -10 TO
-20 DEGREES. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN TUESDAY NIGHT. ALL
PARTICIPATING IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS
WINDCHILL CONDITIONS. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN SURFACES AS FROSTBITE
CAN OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 648 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 1115 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING...
AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WITH HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. A DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE FINGER
LAKES NOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH 11 AM. AS THIS
DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH...THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW WILL
INCREASE AND THE WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY. WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH COMBINED WITH HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES
UNDER A MILE A TIMES. THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS.
SLIPPERY SPOTS ARE ALSO LIKELY ON ROADS WITH ROAD SURFACE
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING.
IF DRIVING THIS MORNING...PLEASE SLOW DOWN...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF
DISTANCE IN FRONT OF YOU.
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