HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1022 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1030 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE TWIN TIERS
AROUND DAYBREAK AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE REGION.
BY EARLY AFTERNOON A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR.
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
THIS WINTRY MIX WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE CATSKILLS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL
HOVER AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. LIGHT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
CATSKILLS AND POCONOS.
MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
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