HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 318 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 330 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WILL OCCUR
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME SLICK SPOTS ON
AREA ROADS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND
LOCALLY STRONG WINDS. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW WEDNESDAY
MORNING THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN...WITH
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY
MORNING. ALTHOUGH EXACT AMOUNTS ARE HARD TO DETERMINE AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OCCURS. SOME ICE
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DEEPER VALLEYS OF THE
NORTHEAST KINGDOM AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GREEN AND
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
WEDNESDAY. FURTHERMORE...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES TO THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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