HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1023 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 1030 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY.
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL LEAD TO VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...WITH VALUES AS LOW AS 25
BELOW TODAY AND TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THE FIRST PART OF
THURSDAY BEFORE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO
THE REGION LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND BRINGS MORE SNOW TO THE
NORTH COUNTRY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 907 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTER COLD EXPECTED TODAY...
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET TODAY AS COLD AIR STREAMS
INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY BEHIND ARCTIC COLD FRONT WHICH TRAVERSED
THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST WILL ACCOMPANY THESE COLD TEMPERATURES...CAUSING WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES TO DROP DRASTICALLY. WIND GUSTS TODAY WILL BE
AS HIGH AS 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AS LOW AS NEGATIVE THIRTY. THE
FRESH SNOWFALL WE RECEIVED RECENTLY...COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY
WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL
GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. AS A RESULT...THOSE WITH TRAVEL OR
OUTDOOR PLANS TODAY SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL
WITH LOCALLY SLICK ROADS AND LOW WIND CHILLS.
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