SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 714 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 815 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING. IN
AREAS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING...PATCHY BLACK ICE
FORMATION ON AREA ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION...MAKING ROADS
SLICK FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN
AND USE CAUTION TRAVELING THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY ON SECONDARY
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 422 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 430 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH A PERIOD
OF GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW DURING THE MORNING RUSH. THERE IS A LOW
END CHANCE OF A SNOW SQUALL WITH GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATE SNOW
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS DURING THIS TIME...AS AN
ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. GENERALLY LESS
THAN AN 1 INCH OF TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION...BUT TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE TIMING OF
SNOW THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A COASTAL STORM COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO AT LEAST PARTS
OF THE REGION STARTING NEW YEARS EVE INTO SATURDAY. THE
DEVELOPMENT...TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS POSSIBLE STORM ARE VERY
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
.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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