FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 947 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 300 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST
SATURDAY FOR THE BERKSHIRES...EASTERN
CATSKILLS...UPPER HUDSON VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER
CAPITAL REGION...HELDERBERGS...MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY...THE NORTHERN
TACONICS...AND THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE LAKE GEORGE REGION.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET...WITH 1 TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE CATSKILLS...HELDERBERGS...AND BERKSHIRES.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH
WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED TOWARDS DAY BREAK. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEST OF
THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE HELDERBERGS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...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 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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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 3 PM EST SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN RENSSELAER AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NEW YORK.
.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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