WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1101 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
REGION...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CATSKILLS...AS WELL THE BERKSHIRES AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
THREE TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
THERE HAS BEEN A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
REGION WITH ONLY FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER...SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA OVERNIGHT
AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL
AVERAGE A QUARTER INCH TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR BY SUNDAY IN MUCH
OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MAINE WILL MOVE
BACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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