HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 417 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO GUST TO AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH IN FAVORED HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS AND
BERKSHIRES. IF CONFIDENCE FOR STRONGER WINDS INCREASES...THEN A
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINFALL TO
THE REGION. IT DOES NOT APPEAR AS IF THERE WILL BE ENOUGH RAIN TO
CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING...HOWEVER MOST OF THE RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO FALL IN A 6 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD. HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH AROUND 50 TO 60 MPH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN
THE WAKE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE MOST OF THE AREA. AS OF
NOW IT APPEARS WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH...HOWEVER THERE
IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. SHOULD
CONFIDENCE LEVELS INCREASE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF STRONGER WINDS...
THEN A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT WIND GUSTS OF GREATER THAN 40 MPH...ANY
WIND RELATED DAMAGE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR GREATER...AS
WELL AS ANY FLOODING...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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