Wednesday, February 24, 2010

ITEOTWAWKI....AIFF




...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW ACROSS THE LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL DISTRICT...TACONICS...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN VERMONT AND NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STEADY SNOW TAPERS OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS
EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...THE
BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...WITH AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
ACROSS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND LITCHFIELD HILLS.

SINCE THE SNOW IS HEAVY AND WET...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW WILL
LEAD TO SOME DOWNED LIMBS AND POSSIBLY TREES AND POWERLINES...
RESULTING IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.

THE HEAVY WET SNOWFALL WILL BE THE RESULT OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST...WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD TO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON.

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