WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 719 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR
HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN TACONICS AND SOUTHERN
GREEN MOUNTAINS.
SIX TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW.
SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHEASTERN RENSSELAER AND EXTREME SOUTHERN
BENNINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH EARLIER THIS EVENING. A FOOT OF SNOW
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SHAFTSBURY BENNINGTON COUNTY.
THERE WILL BE A LULL IN SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE EVENING
HOURS. THERE STILL WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND CERTAINLY
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW SO TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE A COATING
TO A COUPLE OF INCHES.
AFTER MIDNIGHT...STEADIER SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN OVERSPREAD THIS
REGION...WITH SNOWFALL RATES ONCE AGAIN AVERAGING ABOUT HALF INCH
PER HOUR AND AT TIMES...CLOSER TO AN INCH PER HOUR. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MAINE WILL BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT THEN MOVE BACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO SUNDAY.
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.
TRAVELING IS DISCOURAGED IN THIS AREA.
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