No Blizzard warning yet
Posted by Fred on 2/9/2010, 4:17 pm
WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON WED...ESPECIALLY BY
AFTERNOON AND IN COASTAL SECTIONS AS THE LOW DEEPENS. SINCE THE
SNOW WILL MORE LIKELY BE OF THE HEAVY WET VARIETY...AM NOT
CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL SEE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OF LONG ENOUGH
DURATION TO WARRANT A BLIZZARD WARNING ATTM. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR
AND HANDLE MORE AS A SHORTER FUSED WARNING IF CONFIDENCE IN TRUE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCREASES. AT ANY RATE...BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW
EXPECTED DURING WED AFTERNOON...LASTING INTO AT LEAST THU MORNING
AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WED NIGHT.




URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
403 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TODAY WILL
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

CTZ009-010-NJZ003>006-011-NYZ071>078-080-100515-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WS.W.0002.100210T0300Z-100211T1100Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-
ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
403 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW MAY
MIX WITH SLEET WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE HEAVY AT
TIMES DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND
GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...THEN TURN NORTH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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