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.
$$

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 447 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 300 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MOHAWK VALLEY...UPPER HUDSON
VALLEY INCLUDING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND FOR THE BERKSHIRES.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.
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 EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEST OF
THE HUDSON RIVER.
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.
$$