HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 438 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF VERMONT AND
NORTHERN NEW YORK TODAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE A DUSTING IN THE SOUTHERN
CHAMPLAIN AND CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEYS TO 3 INCHES IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM STILL LOOKS TO AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE HEAVY PRECIPITATION
AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW
WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL CHANGE TO
ALL RAIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE FAR NORTHERN
AREAS...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM OF VERMONT...WHERE COLD
AIR TRAPPED IN THE HIGHER VALLEYS WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION A
WINTRY MIX. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION BACK TO ALL
SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH EXACT AMOUNTS ARE HARD TO
DETERMINE AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO
RAIN OCCURS. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF
THE GREEN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR UPDATES TO THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 426 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 900 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...AREAS OF BLACK ICE THIS MORNING...
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT HAVE YIELDED BLACK ICE ON SOME
ROAD SURFACES ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
VERMONT EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
FALLING SNOW INITIALLY MELTED ON WARM PAVEMENT BUT HAS SINCE REFROZEN
AS TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S. ELEVATED ROAD
SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BE PARTICULARLY
ICY...ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST ROAD SURFACES HAVE NOT YET BEEN
TREATED THIS SEASON DUE TO THE LACK OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUT DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE TIME FRAME...BE
ADVISED THAT ROAD SURFACES WHICH APPEAR WET MAY BE ICY IN
SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
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