HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 437 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 445 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
...SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN EVENT POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY...
A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY WILL
DEVELOP A SECONDARY LOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY SATURDAY
MORNING. THESE TWO LOWS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...AS
HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY RETREATS NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN
MARITIME. THE COMBINATION OF PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE LOW...AND
LOW LEVEL COLD AIR REINFORCED BY THE SNOW PACK AND THE RETREATING
HIGH...COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ICING ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
THE TRI-STATE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TURN TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THEN RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THIS COULD CREATE FLOODING CONCERNS AS WELL.
THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TIMING...STRENGTH AND
TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. IF THE COASTAL LOW IS WEAKER OR FORMS FARTHER
NORTH THAN EXPECTED...LESS COLD AIR WILL BE TRAPPED NEAR THE
SURFACE...REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN.
.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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