HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 221 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 220 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY ON SATURDAY...
.AN OCCLUDED FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE MIDWEST FRIDAY
NIGHT AND CROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. MIXED
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK DURING
THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON SATURDAY...AND THEN OVERSPREAD VERMONT
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
AT PRESENT...GREATEST IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE WITH
POTENTIAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY.
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NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...STAR LAKE...
SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR
220 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INCLUDING THE ST.
LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN PLUS A LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION
  IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE
  ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY...ON SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING MUCH OF SATURDAY AND
  INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK.
* SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN NEW
  YORK DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS ON SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...WITH SOME MIX WITH
  RAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ST. LAWRENCE AND
  FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL LIKELY TAKE
  PLACE CLOSE TO THE IMMEDIATE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WHERE A COLD
  NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL BE IN PLACE. A QUARTER INCH OF ICE
  ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY WITH THE
  PROSPECT OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADS.
  PRECIPITATION ENDS DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AS A MIX OF SLEET AND
  POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL
SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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