HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 530 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...
.DAY ONE...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.
   WIND ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE SEND REPORTS OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OR SNOW AND SLEET
AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 345 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE TACONICS IN NEW YORK...THE SOUTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT AND THE BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT WILL RESULT IN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. CHANNELED FLOW IN SOME AREAS MAY RESULT IN
LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY MORNING AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT STARTS TO WEAKEN.
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.
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FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 447 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
SATURDAY FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TACONICS
AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND
BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO FALL BELOW FREEZING BY THIS TIME THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES
WITH WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED.
A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SATURDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID WEST WILL
MOVE LITTLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN
TONIGHT AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVER THE
WEEKEND. IN THE MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERNIGHT...THEN
HEAD NORTHEAST SATURDAY.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS
WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.
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.
$$