HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1158 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR BENNINGTON AND WESTERN
WINDHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
   WIND ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AND BLUSTERY WINDS ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS MAY RESULT IN WIND CHILL
EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES OF 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE SEND REPORTS OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OR SNOW AND SLEET
AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE...MEASURED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR
MORE...OR ANY REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS OR POWERLINES
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT
FORM ON THE INTERNET...OR THE TELEPHONE.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 431 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN FOR SOUTHERN
VERMONT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW...WITH ONE TO THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH WARMER AIR WORKING
IN ALOFT...THUS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MID
TO LATE MORNING. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS LIKELY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE MIDWEST WILL
MOVE LITTLE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AND
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY. IN THE
MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT...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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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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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