WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 805 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL
REGION...TACONICS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES...COLUMBIA...AND
EASTERN ULSTER COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE PRIOR TO NOONTIME. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY MIX
WITH...AND CHANGE TO SLEET...AND RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. A BRIEF PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO
RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE
BERKSHIRES...AND CATSKILLS. A CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS
EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE LOCATIONS UNDER 500 FEET
ELEVATION.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE CAPITAL REGION...AND MID HUDSON VALLEY...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE CATSKILLS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...
HELDERBERGS...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...AND
BERKSHIRES.
ICE ACCRETION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...
EXCEPT LOCALLY UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH ACROSS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WITHIN THE CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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