HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 430 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HEAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS THE
REST OF THIS WEEK...WITH ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING
NORTHWARD. A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY.
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...IS
EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE LOCAL AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. INDICATIONS ARE THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE
OVER TO PLAIN RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE
CAPITAL DISTRICT.
THE OTHER CONCERN WITH THIS STORM IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY
WINDS APPROACHING 45 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TO
THE EAST OF ALBANY LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
UNCERTAINTY IN THE DETAILS OF THE FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE RATHER
HIGH. ANY CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OR STRENGTH OF THE
SECONDARY LOW WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE. PLEASE
STAY TUNED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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