SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 836 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL OVERNIGHT AND FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...
TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WILL ONLY GET WORSE AFTER
MIDNIGHT...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT DELIVERS ADDITIONAL
SNOW...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WATER AND
SLUSH FROM TODAY`S SNOWFALL HAVE FROZEN ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND THE
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE MORE TRAVEL
PROBLEMS. DRIVERS CAN EXPECT ICY AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...BLOWING
SNOW...AND AREAS OF LIMITED VISIBILITY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE.
IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL GENERATE VERY
COLD WIND CHILLS.
PERSONS TRAVELING TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET
TO THEIR DESTINATION...AND BE READY FOR MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 814 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 815 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND CREATE VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. AS THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY. SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS
WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND
SNOW COVERED DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. WIND GUSTS IN THE
30 TO 40 MPH RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING
BELOW ZERO.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE AREA AROUND NEW YEARS AND
BRING MORE SNOW TO THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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