WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 341 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS...UNTIL 10 PM
EST THIS EVENING.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS IN
WESTERN CLINTON AND THE EASTERN HALF OF ESSEX COUNTIES.
* SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATER THIS MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ABATING THIS EVENING.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING
HOURS...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID TO LATE MORNING. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN FOR A BRIEF
PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING IN THE EVENING. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FELT THIS MORNING
AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1
INCH PER HOUR ACCOMPANIED BY LOW VISIBILITY AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
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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