HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 510 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
  FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BINGHAMTON.
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FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 100 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO RETURN THIS AFTERNOON...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SETTLE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST...SPREADING PRECIPITATION INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF IN THE FORM OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TODAY. BY THIS EVENING SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIX OF PRECIPITATION...RANGING FROM
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET. FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY
BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BY SATURDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...CHANGING THE WINTRY MIX TO ALL RAIN BEFORE WINDING
DOWN BY SUNDAY MORNING.
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NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-OTSEGO-DELAWARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...UTICA...ROME...ONEONTA...
COOPERSTOWN...WALTON...DELHI
427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE MOHAWK VALLEY...TUG HILL PLATEAU
AND WESTERN CATSKILLS THIS EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING BY THIS TIME AS COLD AIR GETS
TRAPPED NEAR THE SURFACE. AFTER MIDNIGHT...FREEZING RAIN WILL
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
EXPECT ICING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO
PLAIN RAIN.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL. ANYONE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR
DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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