WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 220 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE ST.
LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN PLUS A LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY...ON SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF SATURDAY AND
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK.
* SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN NEW
YORK DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME MIX WITH
RAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ST. LAWRENCE AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL LIKELY TAKE
PLACE CLOSE TO THE IMMEDIATE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WHERE A COLD
NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL BE IN PLACE. A QUARTER INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WITH THE
PROSPECT OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADS.
PRECIPITATION ENDS DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AS A MIX OF SLEET AND
POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL
SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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BANACOS
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