BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 441 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY.
A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND
LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW AND
WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW
WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO
TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL
BECOME QUITE STRONG. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH.
THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE BLINDING SNOW AT TIMES...
WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE.
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED.
THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN OR SLEET FOR A TIME ON NANTUCKET AND
THE OUTER CAPE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES. LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE
OUTER CAPE AND ISLANDS IF MORE RAIN MIXES IN LONGER THAN
EXPECTED.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME
DIFFICULT AT BEST...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES.
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY
BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE
ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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