SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1003 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 1115 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
...AREAS OF BLACK ICE CONTINUE ALONG AREA ROADWAYS THIS MORNING...
THE COMBINATION OF CLEARING SKIES AND WET ROADWAYS DUE TO RECENT
RAINFALL HAS ALLOWED FOR THE FORMATION OF BLACK ICE ALONG AREA
ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH MAJOR THOROUGHFARES MAY BE ICE
FREE...SECONDARY ROADWAYS SUCH AS COUNTRY ROADS AND LOCAL STREETS
REMAIN VERY SLICK AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ACROSS
SOME AREAS. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE
FREEZING WHICH WILL ALLOW BLACK ICE TO MELT. IF TRAVELING THIS
MORNING...PREPARE FOR SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF STOPPING
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND VEHICLES IN FRONT OF YOU.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR BLACK ICE...CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT
WINDS...AND A WET GROUND WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 651 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AREAS OF BLACK ICE ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING AS SURFACE AND
ROAD TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND FREEZING...AND THE GROUND REMAINS
WET FROM OUR RECENT RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY RISE ABOVE
FREEZING BY 9 AM...WITH NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED THEREAFTER..
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
...A WIDESPREAD SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...
...BITTER COLD AIR WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOWS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND BRING A WIDESPREAD SNOW WITH IT. SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS
MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE THRUWAY.
AFTER THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA...AN
ARCTIC FRONT WILL USHER IN BITTERLY COLD AIR TO THE REGION FOR
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND
OF LAKE ONTARIO AND AFFECT A WIDE AREA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND FAR
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHLANDS EAST OF THE
FINGER LAKES. IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS...THE COLD AND
WIND WILL DROP WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. SOME AREAS COULD SEE
WIND CHILLS DOWN TO MINUS 15 OR COLDER BY TUESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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