SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 810 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 1130 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...SNOW SQUALLS TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING...
AREAS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH 11 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO
AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO
40 MPH...WHICH WILL COMBINE TO SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.
MUCH OF INTERSTATE 81 WILL BE AFFECTED...FROM EXIT 9 NORTHWARD...ALL
THROUGH THE SYRACUSE AREA. ALSO...THE THRUWAY...FROM ABOUT EXIT 40...
EASTWARD THROUGH THE SYRACUSE AREA...AND ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO
UTICA. INTERSTATES 481 AND 690 WILL HAVE TROUBLE SPOTS AS WELL.
INTERSTATE 88...FROM ABOUT EXIT 7...EASTWARD THROUGH ONEONTA...WILL
ALSO BE IMPACTED.
SNOWFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 820 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 830 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. ROADS WILL BE
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY IN MANY AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT.
VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THIS FEATURE WILL COMBINE TO WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 20 MPH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS VALUES OF -10 TO
-20 DEGREES. VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN TUESDAY NIGHT. ALL
PARTICIPATING IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS
WINDCHILL CONDITIONS. COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN SURFACES AS FROSTBITE
CAN OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON.
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