SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 135 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
REVEAL A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL EXTENDING ACROSS THE
SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CAPITAL REGION...PORTIONS OF THE TACONICS INTO
THE BERKSHIRES. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
UNDER 1 INCH...THIS LIGHT COATING OF SNOWFALL IS RESULTING IN
SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO TRAVEL WITH CARE AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 535 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HEAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS
WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. OVER THE WEEKEND...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THEN
HEAD NORTHWARD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. THIS COMPLEX PATTERN WILL BRING
THE LIKELIHOOD OF MIX OF PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING FREEZING
RAIN...TO THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE
WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA WITH THE RAIN POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST IS RATHER HIGH...AS ANY CHANGES IN
THE DEVELOPMENT AND OR STRENGTH OF THE SECONDARY LOW WILL HAVE A
BIG IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE. STAY TUNED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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