WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1224 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS AND MID HUDSON
VALLEY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH
WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT HAS SET UP ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN AN INTENSE LOW IN THE
GULF OF MAINE...AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS BUILDING
EASTWARD.
THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS
THE STORM BEGINS TO WEAKEN...AND DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH OF NOVA
SCOTIA.
WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1101 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
REGION...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
CATSKILLS...AS WELL THE BERKSHIRES AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
THREE TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
THERE HAS BEEN A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
REGION WITH ONLY FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER...SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS IN THE ADVISORY AREA OVERNIGHT
AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL RATES WILL
AVERAGE A QUARTER INCH TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR BY SUNDAY IN MUCH
OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MAINE WILL MOVE
BACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
|
