WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 400 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY...FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL
DISTRICT...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS AND SOUTHERN TACONICS IN
NEW YORK...THE BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS...AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST VERMONT.
THREE TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE ADVISORY 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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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 256 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
CATSKILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EST SUNDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS
WILL RESULT FROM A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF
MAINE. THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SET UP A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
EASTWARD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST AND ONTARIO.
THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS
THE STORM BEGINS TO WEAKEN...AND DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH OF NOVA
SCOTIA.
WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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