Severe Weather Alert

[Guest]

Special Weather Statementfrom the National Weather Service: 

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

441 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...NOR'EASTER EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTLINE TUESDAY...

A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIP OUT TO SEA THIS MORNING WHICH WILL ALLOW A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST TO ADVANCE EASTWARD. IN RESPONSE TO THIS...

CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL GRADUALLY LOWER AND THICKEN TODAY AND BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON SOME RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EDGE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION.

TONIGHT WILL SEE THE PARENT LOW WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WHILE A SECONDARY LOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. THIS LOW WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY PLAYER IN A VERY INTERESTING WEATHER SITUATION.

WHILE THE RAINS FROM THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL BE WORKING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST AS THE COASTAL LOW INTENSIFIES INTO A NOR'EASTER.

TUESDAY WILL SEE THE NOR'EASTER CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS IT MOVES BY TO THE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND.

MOST OF THE TRI-STATE REGION WILL EXPERIENCE SOME RATHER STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AS A RESULT OF THIS...ESPECIALLY COASTAL LOCATIONS. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH BETWEEN 45 AND AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THESE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO PUMP COLDER AIR INTO THE ENTIRE REGION.

NEAR THE COAST...THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD STAY ALL RAIN...AT LEAST UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY WHEN IT MAY THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW.

DURING TUESDAY NIGHT THE STORM WILL HEAD SLOWLY OUT TO SEA ENDING THE PRECIPITATION FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION. BEFORE IT ALL ENDS..EVEN THE COAST MAY SEE A COATING OF SNOW AND ICE.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER TO PILE UP ALONG OUR SHORE AND THUS TIDES TO RISE. MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY SEE THE MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD.

ALL OF THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY INLAND. ALL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST AND STATEMENT REGARDING THIS UPCOMING EVENT.

Edited January 2, 2006 by hoss49

[JohnnyOV 2]

so will northern westchester be getting rain?

[Guest]

Forecast for my Northern friends :angry: :

Winter Weather Advisoryfrom the National Weather Service: 

/O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0005.060103T0300Z-060104T0800Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-

1156 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATER THIS EVENING. THIS MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE FINALLY ENDING.

TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WITH A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLY SEE AROUND 5 INCHES.

REMEMBER...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.

Edited January 2, 2006 by hoss49

[Guest]

Gets more interesting further North... :angry:

Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service:

/O.EXT.KALY.WS.W.0001.060102T2100Z-060103T2300Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC... HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS... CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN... ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH... PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON... ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS... AMENIA...MILLERTON

1141 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NEW YORK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY.

SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL MIX WITH SLEET TONIGHT AS WELL.

THE SNOW...RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. TRAVEL ALONG INTERSTATE 87 AND INTERSTATE 90 EAST OF ALBANY WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS.

A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT.

AT THE SAME TIME...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BUILD ACROSS QUEBEC AND WILL ALLOW COOL AIR TO REMAIN ESTABLISHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST.

MOISTURE WILL BE LIFTED OVER THE COOL AIR AT THE SURFACE...WHICH WILL CAUSE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE DELMARVA...

AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST-WARD ALONG THE COAST AND INTENSIFY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Edited January 2, 2006 by hoss49