HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 444 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...WASHINGTON COUNTY...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
TACONICS IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...THE BERKSHIRES AND FOR SOUTHERN
VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A POWERFUL NOREASTER
WELL OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON SATURDAY...BEFORE TRACKING
SLOWLY WESTWARD TOWARD NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE
MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT STORM
TRACK...AND AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM SYSTEM.
HOWEVER...SHOULD CONFIDENCE INCREASE FOR MODERATE OR GREATER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...THEN APPROPRIATE WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS...
POSSIBLY INCLUDING WINTER STORM WATCHES OR WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES...WOULD BE ISSUED.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE
WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THIS STORM SYSTEM LATE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY...SOME OF WHICH COULD REACH ADVISORY LEVELS...WITH GUSTS IN
REACHING OR SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING 46 MPH. SHOULD CONFIDENCE LEVELS
INCREASE THAT SUCH STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR...THEN WIND ADVISORIES
MAY BE ISSUED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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