BLIZZARD WARNING!! For us here on Long Island/NYC... HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS
Posted by
Fred on 2/7/2013, 7:32 pm
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
355 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY...
NYZ177-179-080500-
/O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0001.130208T1800Z-130209T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KOKX.BZ.W.0001.130208T1100Z-130209T1800Z/
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
355 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM EST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...NASSAU COUNTY ON LONG ISLAND.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN DEVELOPING SNOW BANDS.
* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE 20S FRIDAY NIGHT.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY
EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION...SOME TREE LIMBS WILL BE DOWNED...CAUSING SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
716 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013
MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK TO SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY OUT 20 NM OFFSHORE
INCLUDING LONG ISLAND SOUND...LONG ISLAND BAYS AND NEW YORK HARBOR
ANZ350-081145-
MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-
716 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013
...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY EVENING...
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SNOW LATE. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.FRI...E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT...BECOMING NE
35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO
11 FT...BUILDING TO 13 TO 18 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW IN
THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 40 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...BECOMING
NW 40 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT LATE. SEAS 19 TO 24 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 15 TO 20 FT LATE. SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE
EVENING. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.SAT...NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT. SEAS 13 TO
18 FT...SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 11 FT. SNOW...SLOWLY TAPERING OFF IN
THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT...BECOMING
NW 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT.
.SUN...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING
TO 5 TO 7 FT. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.
.TUE...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.
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