BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 545 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM
EST SUNDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM EST
SUNDAY.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING UP THE COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT WILL
RESULT IN THE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ACROSS LONG
ISLAND. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE
STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW.
SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA BASED ON WHERE BANDING OF SNOWFALL DEVELOPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 437 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM EST
SUNDAY.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 2 1/2
TO 3 FT TONIGHT. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH ELEVATED ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES...WILL RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR THE TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE TONIGHT ALONG NEW YORK HARBOR...THE SOUTHERN BAYS OF
QUEENS...BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND...THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG
ISLAND...THE EASTERN BAYS OF LONG ISLAND...AND ALONG WESTERN LONG
ISLAND SOUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
NEW YORK HARBOR AND OCEAN FOR TONIGHT
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT.....HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW).....(MLLW)
THE BATTERY....1026 PM.....3.9.........6.7.........8.0........6.7
SANDY HOOK......949 PM.....3.9.........N/A.........8.1........6.8
BERGEN POINT...1013 PM.....4.3.........N/A.........8.5........7.0
MONTAUK........1107 PM.....1.7.........N/A.........N/A........4.5
LONG ISLAND SOUND FOR TONIGHT
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT.....HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW).....(MLLW)
KINGS POINT.....127 AM.....6.8.........N/A........10.5.......10.2
STAMFORD........119 AM.....6.7.........9.5........11.1........9.7
BRIDGEPORT......116 AM.....6.3.........8.9........10.4........9.3
NEW LONDON.....1130 PM.....2.3.........5.0.........N/A........4.6
LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE BAYS FOR TONIGHT
...............TIME OF.....HEIGHT.....MINOR.....MODERATE....FORECAST
LOCATION......HIGH TIDE...OF TIDE..FLOOD HEIGHT..FLDHGT.....HEIGHT
...........................(MLLW)....(MLLW)......(MLLW).....(MLLW)
FREEPORT.......1026 PM......2.5........5.2.........5.9........5.5
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