WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 450 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SUNDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
EASTERN CATSKILLS...HELDERBERGS...SCHOHARIE COUNTY...THE CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN TACONICS...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN VERMONT
THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA THROUGH MID EVENING...THEN SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE
THEREAFTER AND END AROUND MIDNIGHT.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED OFF THE COAST WELL TO THE SOUTH
OF LONG ISLAND...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THIS
EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL
REMAIN ALONG COASTAL AREAS...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL
OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER BY AROUND
MIDNIGHT...AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES TOWARDS THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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