Wednesday, January 1, 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

From Upton, New York,  for New York City Metro


Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
446 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014



...A COASTAL STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...NEAR

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST...AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND
CHILLS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...




CTZ009>012-NJZ006-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-012215-

/O.EXT.KOKX.WS.A.0005.140102T2300Z-140103T1800Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
446 AM EST WED JAN 1 2014


...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN
AREA AND SURROUNDINGS...AND LONG ISLAND.



* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.




* ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES.




* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.




* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TEENS

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO
10 BELOW ZERO.


* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.



* IMPACTS...THE ACCUMULATING SNOW...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE

BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WOULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.


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.

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