WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1056 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS...GREATER CAPITAL
REGION...BERKSHIRES...NORTHERN TACONICS...MOHAWK VALLEY...SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...AND THE LAKE GEORGE NORTHERN SARATOGA REGION.
SNOW WILL MIX SOME SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS
MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO LIGHT RAIN
SOUTH OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NORTH OF THE
CAPITAL REGION...AND MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE CAPITAL REGION...AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS...SCHOHARIE
VALLEY... HELDERBERGS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...AND
BERKSHIRES.
ICE ACCRETION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...
EXCEPT LOCALLY UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS
WITHIN THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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