WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 212 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS ON WEDNESDAY.
* GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE MIXED
WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS DURING
THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID-
MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES WARM ALOFT...SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND
CHANGE TO SLEET...AND THEN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM
WILL BE FELT WEDNESDAY 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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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BANACOS
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