WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1016 PM EST FRI JAN 01 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 WILL BE 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES
ALONG WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE
OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHTER SNOW ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT WITH BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER MILE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND MAINLY LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY.
* SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY FALLING AT A
RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHTER DURING
SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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