HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 510 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM EST SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.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.
   WINTER WEATHER 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.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BINGHAMTON.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO RETURN THIS AFTERNOON...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SETTLE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
SOUTHWEST...SPREADING PRECIPITATION INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA BY AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF IN THE FORM OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TODAY. BY THIS EVENING SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A MIX OF PRECIPITATION...RANGING FROM
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET. FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY
BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BY SATURDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...CHANGING THE WINTRY MIX TO ALL RAIN BEFORE WINDING
DOWN BY SUNDAY MORNING.
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LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...
MILFORD...HONESDALE
427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE WYOMING...LACKAWANNA VALLEYS AND
POCONOS THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY STARTING OFF AS PLAIN RAIN AS
SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVER JUST ABOVE FREEZING. POCKETS OF
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE INITIALLY WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN
NEAR FREEZING. BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP BELOW FREEZING CHANGING THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH SNOW OR SLEET. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY
EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO
PLAIN RAIN.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO UP TO ONE QUARTER OF
AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WILL LIKELY BE THE POCONOS WHERE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT. INTERSTATES 80...81...84 AND THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY ICING.
IN CONTRAST...THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS MAY ONLY
EXPERIENCE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING.
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY
NIGHT AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL. ANYONE 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.
$$
PN/EH