WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 433 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM EST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL VERMONT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* 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.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 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.
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