HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 229 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SEE SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT SNOW REPORTS OF 1 INCH OR MORE
AND 3 INCHES OR MORE FOLLOWED BY A STORM TOTAL SNOW REPORT.
PLEASE SUBMIT REPORTS VIA E-MAIL TO OKX.SPOTTERS@NOAA.GOV
FOLLOWING STANDARD REPORTING PROCEDURES.
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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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 154 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...SNOW THIS EVENING...
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO
EAST. THIS PROCESS...WHICH BEGAN AROUND 1 PM...WILL START IN
ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK AND REACH THE DANBURY/WATERBURY CONNECTICUT
AREA AROUND 4 PM. THE CHANGE OVER IN THE MIDDLETOWN TO NORWALK
AREAS WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL AROUND 7 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...IN THE MID AND UPPER
30S...THUS...LITTLE ON NO ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR.
AFTER SUNSET...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S...SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED...MAINLY
ON THE GRASSY SURFACES...THOUGH A COATING IS LIKELY ON SECONDARY
AND TERTIARY ROADWAYS. AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY ABOVE
1000 FEET...TWO TO POSSIBLY FOUR INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE.
THE SNOW WILL END FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY BY 10 PM AND FOR EASTERN
CONNECTICUT TOWARD MIDNIGHT. WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE
UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 BY MORNING...SOME ICY SPOTS ARE LIKELY ON
UNTREATED SURFACES.
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