HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 338 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 345 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN NEW
YORK...INTO TONIGHT. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE..WITH
SCATTERED AMOUNTS EAST OF THE ADIRONDACKS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE FRIDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. THIS LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WILL BE
THE RESULT OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER
THE REGION AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMING IN THE GULF OF MAINE.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR ON NEW YEAR`S DAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS NEW YEAR`S DAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH
RANGE. IF THERE IS ANY TIME PERIOD WHERE SNOW MAY BE A BIT
STEADIER...IT WILL BE IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY TIME FRAME.
TAKEN IN SUM...BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...EXPECTING 6 TO 12 INCHES OF
SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN VERMONT WITH GREATER TOTALS IN THE
NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS. SOME MINOR TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO
SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTH
COUNTRY...BUT THE LIGHT SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD MITIGATE THE OVERALL
IMPACT OF THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
SOME GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AS WELL. EXPECT MORE LIGHT SNOWS TO CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART
OF THE WEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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