SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 444 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 900 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
...PATCHY AREAS OF BLACK ICE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING
AS OUR SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION
OF RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH WET ROADS DUE TO OUR
RECENT RAINFALL...MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLACK ICE. AT THIS POINT IT
APPEARS THAT AREAS OF BLACK ICE WILL BE PATCHY. HOWEVER...IF
DRIVING THIS MORNING...ANY WET AREAS ON ROADS SHOULD BE TREATED AS
BLACK ICE TO BE SAFE. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS
MORNING...SLOW DOWN...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE IN FRONT OF
YOU.
IN ADDITION TO THREAT FOR BLACK ICE...CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT
WINDS...AND A WET GROUND WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF DENSE FOG.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 351 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
...A WIDESPREAD SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...
...BITTER COLD AIR WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOWS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND BRING A WIDESPREAD SNOW WITH IT. SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS
MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TWIN TIERS AND IN THE WESTERN
CATSKILLS.
AFTER THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA...AN
ARCTIC FRONT WILL USHER IN BITTERLY COLD AIR TO THE REGION FOR
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL DEVELOP DOWNWIND
OF LAKE ONTARIO AND AFFECT A WIDE AREA OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND FAR
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHLANDS EAST OF THE
FINGER LAKES. IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS...THE COLD AND
WIND WILL DROP WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. SOME AREAS COULD SEE
WIND CHILLS DOWN TO MINUS 15 OR COLDER BY TUESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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