HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 341 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 345 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WARNING.
   WIND ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 835 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER ST LOUIS MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM
WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
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834 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES
WILL CHANGE THE SNOW INTO A WINTRY MIX...AND THEN INTO FREEZING
RAIN LATE TONIGHT.
1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER
TO FREEZING RAIN OCCURS. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT COATING OF ICE IS
EXPECTED TO FORM LATER TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO
PLAIN RAIN AND TAPER OFF TO DRIZZLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE AREAS MOST AT RISK FOR A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ARE
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVER 2000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO TAKE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR
SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA
SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN CASE
YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT...
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.
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HIGH WIND WATCH
Issue Date: 157 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...STRONG WESTERLY WIND WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY...
.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A
COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THIS LOW WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
FOLLOWED BY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES.
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157 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
WEDNESDAY...CROSSING THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE
IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE
WAKE OF THIS FRONT AS MUCH COLDER AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION.
SUSTAINED...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH POTENTIAL
GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. THE POSSIBILITY OF A THIN COATING OF
ICE REMAINING ON TREES AND POWER LINES FROM OUR UPCOMING WINTER
STORM COULD LEAD TO WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES FROM LESSER WIND
GUSTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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LAMBERT/RADZANOWSKI/EVANEGO