WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 921 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 1000 FEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR BENNINGTON
COUNTY.
SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO MIX WITH RAIN AND
SLEET BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN
POSSIBLE BELOW 1000 FEET BY EVENING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 1000 FEET AND 3 TO 6 INCHES BELOW
1000 FEET...WITH POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN
INCH.
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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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 411 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
THE TACONICS...BERKSHIRES AND THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF
VERMONT.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTER OF THE NATION WILL APPROACH
THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS STORM WILL
INCREASE TO SUSTAIN SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER 4 AM...WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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