HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1036 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1045 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 407 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO RETURN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
..A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
MOVE NORTH AND SETTLE ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
BY FRIDAY EVENING. MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION IN ADVANCE OF A
NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED ENTER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AS THIS
FEATURE MOVES NORTH...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS. THIS
SECONDARY SYSTEM WILL ALSO MOVE NORTH...BRINGING A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. NEAR
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE SUCH THAT A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
CATSKILLS...POCONOS...AND EASTERN SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY WHERE COLD AIR
WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED THE LONGEST. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS
PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND ALL TRAVELING
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.
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TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-TIOGA-BROOME-SUSQUEHANNA-
NORTHERN WAYNE-LACKAWANNA-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ITHACA...CORTLAND...NORWICH...OWEGO...
BINGHAMTON...MONTROSE...SCRANTON...MILFORD...HONESDALE
407 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM
EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION IN ADVANCE OF A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT WILL
BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. COLD AIR
TRAPPED NEAR THE SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN ASSOCIATION
WITH FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER A QUARTER OF AN
INCH. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL. ALL TRAVELING ACROSS
THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS
ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
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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