HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 551 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
EST SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MOHAWK
VALLEY...UPPER HUDSON VALLEY INCLUDING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND
FOR THE BERKSHIRES.
.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.
IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS
APPROACHING 45 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TO
THE EAST OF ALBANY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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.
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