WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 256 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FROM 10
PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS
WILL RESULT FROM A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF
MAINE. THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SET UP A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
EASTWARD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST AND ONTARIO.
THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS
THE STORM BEGINS TO WEAKEN...AND DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH OF NOVA
SCOTIA.
WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES.
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 STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1107 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
NYZ043-054-084-VTZ013-014-031230-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100103T2300Z/
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...HOOSICK FALLS...
HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
1106 PM EST SAT JAN 2 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR
HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN GREENS AND NORTHERN
TACONICS.
SIX TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... WILL PRODUCE
LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
AFTER A LULL IN SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE EVENING
HOURS....SNOW WILL INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT FALLING AT THE
RATE OF HALF AN INCH PER HOUR BY DAYBREAK...WITH SOME LOCALITIES
APPROACHING AN INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE
EXTENSIVE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SO TRAVEL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MAINE WILL MOVE
BACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO SUNDAY.
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.
TRAVELING IS DISCOURAGED IN THIS AREA.
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