WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 352 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT...UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS BY MONDAY MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 8 TO
14 INCH RANGE...BUT 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG
WEST-NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS.
FOR TONIGHT...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT WITH SUSTAINED WIND OF 15
TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FORECAST. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER
TERRAIN AND MAINLY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
* STEADY SNOW IS DEVELOPING AND WILL INCREASE AS WE PROGRESS INTO
THE EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THEN SNOW WILL BECOME MORE FOCUSED IN
NORTHERN AREAS AND WESTERN MOUNTAIN SLOPE COMMUNITIES LATE
SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY
ACTIONS AND PREPARE FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL
IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT.
$$
|
|
|
