WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 318 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE
BERKSHIRES...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...GREATER
CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY.
THREE TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50
MPH...WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MAINE WILL BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT THEN MOVE BACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO SUNDAY.
NATIONAL RADAR LOOPS INDICATED THAT A STEADY SWATH OF SNOW WILL
BACK FROM THE NORTH AND EAST INTO THE ADVISORY AREA BY EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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