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 NOON EST SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS.
.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.
.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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FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 432 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON EST SATURDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST SATURDAY FOR THE LITCHFIELD HILLS...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS.
SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING.  LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET OF A COATING TO AN INCH OR SO ARE
POSSIBLE.  SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING...WITH WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS A TRANSITION TO
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 NEAR THE MIDWEST WILL
MOVE LITTLE TONIGHT.  THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT
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 TONIGHT...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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