WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE TACONICS IN NEW YORK...THE SOUTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT AND THE BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT WILL RESULT IN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. CHANNELED FLOW IN SOME AREAS MAY RESULT IN
LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY MORNING AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT STARTS TO WEAKEN.
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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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 946 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW...WITH ONE TO THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH
WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY MID TO LATE MORNING. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN
IS LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES RISE
ABOVE FREEZING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...AND
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY. IN THE
MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERNIGHT...THEN HEAD NORTHEAST
SATURDAY.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS
WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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