Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
429 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012

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NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TORRINGTON…OAKVILLE…NEW MILFORD…
TERRYVILLE…SUNDOWN…ELLENVILLE…WOODSTOCK…WEST HURLEY…
KERHONKSON…NAPANOCH…PHOENICIA…KINGSTON…NEW PALTZ…
POUGHKEEPSIE…BEACON…ARLINGTON…PAWLING…DOVER PLAINS…
MILLBROOK…PINE PLAINS…AMENIA…MILLERTON
429 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EST
TUESDAY…
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

  • LOCATIONS…ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND

LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

  • HAZARD TYPES…LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. MODERATE TO

HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

  • SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A MODERATE

TO HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY.

  • ICE ACCUMULATIONS…A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF

ICE TONIGHT. MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS WELL.

  • TIMING…LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE

INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX
IN WITH THE SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS ON TUESDAY MORNING. A
MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE
MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY.

  • IMPACTS…SNOW AND ICE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR

DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY.

  • TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN

THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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