HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY...
A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES FRIDAY...WILL
DEVELOP A SECONDARY LOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY SATURDAY
MORNING. THESE TWO LOWS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS AN
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY RETREATS NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIME PROVINCES. THE COMBINATION OF PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE
LOW...AND LOW LEVEL COLD AIR BEING REINFORCED BY THE SNOW PACK AND
THE RETREATING HIGH...COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ICING ACROSS
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN TO ALL RAIN LATE SATURDAY
MORNING...THEN RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THIS COULD CREATE FLOODING CONCERNS AS WELL.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TIMING...STRENGTH AND
TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. IF THE COASTAL LOW IS WEAKER OR FORMS FARTHER
NORTH THAN EXPECTED...LESS COLD AIR WILL BE TRAPPED NEAR THE
SURFACE...REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING
CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS
WARNING CRITERIA.
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