The National Weather Service has issued the following BLIZZARD WARNING for our area:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 340 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010
…SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT… .LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AND PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH… BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION. …BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY…
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES THIS MORNING...BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS TONIGHT...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG AND GUSTY BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES...AGAIN MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS TURN TO THE NORTH BY TONIGHT. 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.
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 618 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NJZ002>006-011-NYZ071>079-101700- WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 618 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 BANDS OF SNOW WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS LONG ISLAND...NEW YORK CITY... AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY THROUGH 830 AM. THIS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THE SNOW WILL STICK TO THE ROADWAYS THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...MAKING FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. SOME SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY...SO EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED. $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 410 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 NJZ005-006-011-NYZ072>081-111000- ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 410 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. BLIZZARD WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. $$
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