HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 215 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 215 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK.
.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.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY.
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TUESDAY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS
COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY
MORNING. THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY ITSELF WILL ALSO BRING A PERIOD OF
SNOW SQUALLS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITY AND A QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.
THESE SNOW SQUALLS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING
COMMUTE.
LASTLY...A NOR`EASTER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE UP THE EAST
COAST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CURRENT EXPECTED
STORM TRACK WOULD BRING A POSSIBLE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION TO THE NORTH COUNTRY ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
CONFIDENCE IN THIS SYSTEM IS MODERATE BASED ON A SERIES OF
COMPUTER MODELS INDICATING A SIMILAR TRACK AND EVOLUTION OF THE
SYSTEM. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND/OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1059 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...BLACK ICE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT...
BLACK ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED ON ROADWAYS IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH
COUNTRY. AFTER A PERIOD OF MILD WET WEATHER THIS
WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY COOLED BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH
OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THIS HAS ALLOWED BLACK ICE TO FORM ON AREA
ROADWAYS...WHICH MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT.
IN ADDITION...THERE AREA AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY DENSE
FOG...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT...WHICH SHOULD
BEGIN TO LIFT TOWARD MORNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN THE NORTH
COUNTRY TONIGHT.
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