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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1052 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

CTZ005>012-NYZ078>081-177-179-260000-
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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1052 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH STRONG...GUSTY WINDS. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  WHERE PRECIPITATION REMAINS ALL SNOW. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR
  CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE SUNDAY
  NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND...AND ACROSS
  COASTAL SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOMEWHAT
  LOWER AMOUNTS. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
  SNOW ON ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY DIMINISHED. STRONG
  WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING
  TREACHEROUS.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
  PRECIPITATION LATE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH...
  BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH THROUGH
  EARLY MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-176-178-260000-
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WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
1052 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... 
  AND NEW YORK CITY. 

* HAZARDS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
  SNOW ON ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY DIMINISHED. STRONG
  WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH NEAR
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING
  TREACHEROUS. 

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
  SNOW LATE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...
  BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT
  THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST MONDAY AFTERNOON.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND NEAR THE
  COAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

GOODMAN