HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 412 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
Expiration: 415 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A STRONG COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING OVER THE
NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK
TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR CAPE HATERRAS ON SATURDAY...AND THEN MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST. THE LATEST FORECAST SUGGESTS THAT THE TRACK OF THIS
STORM IS MOVING FURTHER TO THE WEST AND CLOSER TO THE FORECAST
AREA. THERE IS AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE SNOW OVER
LONG ISLAND...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND THE NEW YORK CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA LATER IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY LASTING INTO
SUNDAY.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT STORM TRACK WHICH
WILL HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME OF THE STORM.
SMALL DEVIATIONS IN STORM TRACK CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES IN FORECAST SNOWFALL. IF THE CERTAINTY FOR A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION INCREASES... WINTER STORM
WATCHES MAY BECOME NECESSARY.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY SHOULD MONITOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING
CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS
WARNING CRITERIA.
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