Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2008, 4:12 PM EST for 6 counties in New York; 4 counties in Connecticut; Hudson County, Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Dec 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2008, 4:12 PM EST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2008, 9:31 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KOKX 182112 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 412 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE NOW TAKING SHAPE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE HIGHS PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND PASS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-190900- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 412 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW COULD ALSO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FURTHEST INLAND. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CTZ009>012-NJZ003>005-NYZ071-190900- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 412 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FURTHEST FROM THE COAST. THERE MAY BE A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER A SHORT DISTANCE..ESPECIALLY IF SLEET MIXES WITH SNOW. REGARDLESS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ006-011-NYZ072>081-190900- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 412 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL AREAS...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND...STATEN ISLAND...QUEENS AND BROOKLYN. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS MANHATTAN...THE BRONX AS WELL AS HUDSON AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FURTHER INLAND. THERE MAY BE SHARP DIFFERENCES IN SNOWFALL AMOUNT OVER SHORT DISTANCES...BUT IN GENERAL HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AS YOU MOVE INLAND. 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. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KOKX 190342 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1041 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE NOW TAKING SHAPE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE HIGHS PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND PASS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-191545- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1041 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW COULD ALSO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FURTHEST INLAND. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CTZ009>012-NJZ003>005-NYZ071-191545- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.W.0004.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1041 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY ALSO MIX WITH SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FURTHEST FROM THE COAST. THERE MAY BE A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER A SHORT DISTANCE..ESPECIALLY IF SLEET MIXES WITH SNOW. REGARDLESS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ006-011-NYZ072>081-191545- /O.UPG.KOKX.WS.A.0004.081219T1100Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1041 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL AREAS...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND...STATEN ISLAND...QUEENS AND BROOKLYN. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ACROSS MANHATTAN...THE BRONX AS WELL AS HUDSON AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE FURTHER INLAND. THERE MAY BE SHARP DIFFERENCES IN SNOWFALL AMOUNT OVER SHORT DISTANCES...BUT IN GENERAL HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AS YOU MOVE INLAND. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KOKX 191024 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 524 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING WILL RACE EASTWARD... TAKING A TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN PASSING JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...POLAR HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL GRADUALLY LIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY. THIS TRACK COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-191830- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 524 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. SLEET MAY MIX IN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CTZ009>012-NJZ003>005-NYZ071-191830- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 524 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FURTHEST FROM THE COAST. THERE MAY BE A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER A SHORT DISTANCE..ESPECIALLY WHERE SLEET MIXES WITH SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ006-011-NYZ072>081-191830- /O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.081219T1300Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 524 AM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND. IN ADDITION...SOMEWHAT HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST SUFFOLK AS THE COLD AIR REMAINS IN PLACE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KOKX 191754 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL RE- DEVELOP JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND THIS EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...POLAR HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL GRADUALLY LIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY. THIS TRACK COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE TRI- STATE AREA. NJZ006-011-NYZ072-073-200200- /O.UPG.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW..SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED...WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THAT BY THE TIME PRECIP TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ005>008-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-200200- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SLEET MAY MIX IN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH A GLAZING OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION LIGHTENS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CTZ009>012-200200- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...QUICKLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE COAST. A GLAZING OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOWFALL BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF LATE TONIGHT. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER A SHORT DISTANCE...ESPECIALLY WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXES WITH SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NJZ003>005-NYZ071-200200- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THAT BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A VERY SHARP DIFFERENCE IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER A SHORT DISTANCE..ESPECIALLY WHERE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX IN WITH SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ074>081-200200- /O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND...QUEENS AND BROOKLYN. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AND LESSER AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KOKX 192129 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM DEPARTING THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER STORM IS ON ITS HEELS FOR SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING WILL REDEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND AND MOVE RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. CTZ005>007-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-200530- /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ003-004-200530- /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ CTZ008-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ CTZ009>012-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ005-NYZ071-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ006-011-NYZ072-073-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NYZ074>081-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 429 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY...AND LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ MALOIT
000 WWUS41 KOKX 192146 CCA WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM DEPARTING THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER STORM IS ON ITS HEELS FOR SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING WILL REDEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND AND MOVE RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. CTZ005>007-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-200600- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ003-004-200600- /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ CTZ008-200500- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ CTZ009>012-200500- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ005-NYZ071-200500- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ006-011-NYZ072-073-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NYZ074>081-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 444 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY...AND LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ MALOIT
000 WWUS41 KOKX 192201 CCA WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM DEPARTING THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER STORM IS ON ITS HEELS FOR SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING WILL REDEVELOP SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND AND MOVE RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. CTZ005>007-NJZ002-NYZ067>070-200615- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ003-004-200615- /O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ CTZ008-200615- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ CTZ009>012-200615- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ005-NYZ071-200615- /O.COR.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ ESSEX-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NJZ006-011-NYZ072-073-200500- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ NYZ074>081-200500- /O.COR.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 458 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY...AND LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$ MALOIT
000 WWUS41 KOKX 200231 WSWOKX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 931 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM DEPARTING THE TRI-STATE AREA TONIGHT...BUT ANOTHER STORM IS ON ITS HEELS FOR SUNDAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY. CTZ005>007-NJZ002>004-NYZ067>070-201100- /O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T1300Z/ /O.CON.KOKX.WS.A.0005.081221T0900Z-081221T2300Z/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 931 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ON AND OFF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL COATING OF SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. ANOTHER STORM ON SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY BRING ANOTHER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THIS TIME...A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. THUS...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE. && 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. $$ CTZ008>012-NYZ071-201100- /O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T1300Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 931 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ON AND OFF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL COATING OF SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && 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. $$ NJZ005-006-011-NYZ072-073-201100- /O.CAN.KOKX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081220T0500Z/ /O.EXB.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T1300Z/ ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- 931 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ON AND OFF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL COATING OF SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE EARLIER SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL REFREEZING AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NYZ074>081-201100- /O.EXT.KOKX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081220T1300Z/ RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 931 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SATURDAY. ON AND OFF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL COATING OF SNOW AND ICE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE EARLIER SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL REFREEZING AS TEMPERATURES DROP AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 18, 4:04 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 4:04 PM EST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
404 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WELL TO THE NORTH WILL GIVE WAY TO LOW PRESSURE
FRIDAY. THE LOW PASSES QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH FRIDAY NIGHT. HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE NORTH SATURDAY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES SUNDAY AND TRACKS TO THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN
BEHIND THIS STORM...FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
FAST MID AND UPPER FLOW BETWEEN TROUGH IN CANADA...AND RIDGE WELL TO
THE SOUTH IN THE GULF. SHORTWAVE PULLS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND
QUICKLY TRAVERSES ACROSS THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY.
INCREASING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS OVERNIGHT FOR OUR AREA AS
TEMPERATURES COOL IN LIGHT WIND FLOW. SLIGHT CHC FOR LIGHT SNOW
LATE. MOS NUMBERS FOLLOWED CLOSELY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES QUICKLY TOWARD GREAT LAKES REGION BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SFC LOW PRESSURE TRACKS TOWARD OHIO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN PASSES QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND BY
EVENING. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO OVERALL
FEATURES. GFS MORE PROGRESSIVE...AND WARMER THROUGH THE COLUMN WIT
SFC AND UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. NAM MUCH COLDER...ALTHOUGH 18Z RUN
HAS WARMED SLIGHTLY...WITH EC GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE. AFTER
ANALYZING PROFILES AND LOW LEVEL THICKNESS FIELDS...EXPECT SNOW TO
BEGIN IN THE MORNING. THEN THE USUAL COASTAL TRANSITION TAKES
PLACE...WITH SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN MIXED IN. THIS OBVIOUSLY WILL
KEEP AMOUNTS DOWN. INTERIOR LOCATIONS WILL OBSERVE PREDOMINATELY
SNOW (NE NJ...LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND ALL OF SRN CT). STRONG LIFT
WILL RESULT IN EVAPORATIVE COOLING THROUGH THE COLUMN BY LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...AND THIS IS WHEN BEST CHANCE FOR FAST
ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL OCCUR. WARNINGS ISSUED FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES
ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE COAST. 2 INCHES
NEAR THE SOUTH FACING SHORES POSSIBLE...WITH AN UPWARD TREND TO
AROUND 5 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WENT BELOW MOS TEMPS AS THEY
TYPICALLY RUN A LITTLE WARM IN THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO.
WINTRY MIX TAPERS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW SCOOTS TO THE EAST
RATHER QUICKLY. COULD BE A MESS WITH ANY LEFTOVER WATER/SNOW AND ICE
AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING EVERYWHERE.
ON SATURDAY...LOW PRESSURE PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE. HIGHS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER
20S TO LOWER 30S. IN ADDITION...12Z MODEL GUIDANCE IS HINTING AT
SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE AROUND THE REGION DURING THE DAY.
THEREFORE...WILL GO AHEAD AND CARRY CHANCE SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING...AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON LOWER THE POPS TO SLIGHT
CHANCE.
THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THEN APPROACHES SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND
INTO THE PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A
PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW...HOWEVER AS A WARM FRONT SOUTH OF THE REGION
PUSHES NORTHWARD...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANCE TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH...MAINLY ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY
ON SUNDAY MORNING...AS THIS LOW IS MOVING THROUGH NEW YORK STATE...A
SECONDARY LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. RAIN
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND NYC VICINITY. WARMER AIR WILL
CONTINUE WORKING NORTHWARD WITH RAIN EXPECTED INTO PORTION OF
CONNECTICUT...RAIN/SNOW MIXES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NJ/NY AND CT. THE
ONLY PLACE THAT IS EXPECTED TO SEE ALL SNOW WILL BE PORTIONS OF
ORANGE COUNTY.
BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THIS LOW MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST...AND BECOMES THE
PRIMARY LOW. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL START TO TAPER
OFF...CHANGING TO SNOW AS IT COMES TO AN END. AS THE LOW WILL DEEPEN
AS IT LIFTS NORTHWARD...RESULTING IN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
MAINLY ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 0.50 TO 0.75 OF
LIQUID EQUIVALENT. AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE FLOODING
IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALLS OCCURS AND REMAINING SNOWPACK FROM FRIDAYS
EVENT REMAINS. WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHAT LOCATIONS COULD BE
PROBLEMATIC ONCE THE FRIDAY EVENT COMES TO AN END.
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LOW TO MID
30S FAR NORTH AND WEST OF NYC TO MIDDLE 40S ACROSS LONG ISLAND.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS ON THE HEELS OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH
INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE ADVISORY LEVEL NW WINDS. TEMPERATURES
SHARPLY COLDER MONDAY...SO ANY LEFTOVER SNOW OR SLUSH FROM THE
WEEKEND WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO MELT. EXPECT HIGHS TO REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING ANYWHERE WITHOUT IMMEDIATE MARINE INFLUENCE...INCLUDING
NYC. LONG ISLAND MAY SNEAK ABOVE 32F FOR AN HOUR OR TWO IN THE
AFTERNOON. PRECIP CHANCES ARE LOW...AND SHOULD BE CONFINED TO SCT
LAKE EFFECT/INSTABILITY SHOWERS. USED BASICALLY HPC/GMOS TO DEVELOP
WINDS. TEMPS A BLEND OF GMOS AND EDITING TO REMOVE MODEL SHORTCOMINGS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION MON NIGHT/TUES WITH TRANQUIL
CONDS. HIGHS MOST LIKELY STRUGGLING TO GET ABOVE FREEZING ALONG
CITY/COAST AND OUT OF THE 20S INTERIOR AGAIN ON TUES. PROBLEM THIS
DAY WILL BE LACK OF MIXING WITH STACKED HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD.
NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES TUESDAY NIGHT...AND LOOKS TO BE COMPLEX IN
TERMS OF PTYPE. IF THE GFS IS RIGHT...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DRIVE
TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT TUES INTO WED. HOWEVER ITS TOO EARLY
TO PREDICT WHETHER WARM AIR WILL STAY ALOFT AND PRODUCE FZRA/IP AT
THIS TIME. OVERRUNNING SETUP IS THERE...AND WILL BE WATCHING THIS
SYSTEM CLOSELY AS IT DRAWS CLOSER. ANOTHER CHALLENGE WILL BE TIMING
OF THE ONSET OF PRECIP. GIVEN THE TENDENCY FOR OVERRUNNING PRECIP TO
OUTRUN MODEL TIMING...MOVED SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS IN FOR LATE TUES
NIGHT.
THE FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WED MORNING...WITH COLD
AIR FORCING ALL PRECIP BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
BLUSTERY NW WINDS LOOK LIKE A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. CHRISTMAS DAY
LOOKS BREEZY AND COLD...WITH THE GFS ADVERTISING A REINFORCING SHOT
OF COLD AIR AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPS REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL AT LEAST 12Z FRIDAY.
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 12Z AND 16Z FRIDAY CAUSING
TEMPO MVFR CIGS AND VSBY FM W TO E. WIDESPREAD LIFR CONDITIONS
WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 16Z AND 20Z FM W TO E IN HEAVY SNOW WHICH
WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN ALONG THE COAST AFTER
19Z FRIDAY.
AS HIGH PRES NW OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES MVS ESE...LOW PRES OVER
THE SW U.S. WILL MOVE ENE. AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE OH VALLEY
FRI AFTN...IT WILL REFORM S OF LONG ISLAND AND PASS SE OF LONG
ISLAND FRI NIGHT.
SFC WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE BENEATH HI PRES THROUGH
TONIGHT. A NE WIND GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP FRI...INITIALLY FROM 40
TO 60 DEGS ARND 10 KT AFTER 13Z...THEN VEER TO THE ENE AND
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KT DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
OUTLOOK FOR 00Z SAT NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...LIFR CIGS AND VSBY IN
PRECIP WILL GRADUALLY LIFT TO MVFR CIGS DURING SAT AS THE LOW
PASSES FURTHER SE OF LONG ISLAND. ANOTHER LOW WILL APPROACH FROM
THE SW SAT NIGHT AND SPREAD ADDITIONAL SIG PRECIP NE ACROSS THE
REGION AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD LIFR CIGS AND VSBY SAT NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. AS A STRONG LOW MVS NE OF THE AREA SUNDAY...STRONG W WINDS
20-25 KT WITH GUSTS 30-35 KT WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTN THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONT THRU MONDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
TRANQUIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATERS INTO FRI MORNING AS HIGH
PRESSURE NOSES IN FROM SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. WINDS INCREASE TO SMALL
CRAFT LEVELS ON ALL WATERS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACH OF
LOW PRESSURE. GALES LIKELY ALL WATERS EXCEPT WESTERN LI SOUND AND
NY HARBOR LATE FRIDAY THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM
PASSES TO THE SOUTH...THEN EAST. SEAS WILL RESPOND TO THESE STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL WATERS AS WIND GUSTS AND SEAS REMAIN UP.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WATERS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONGER WINDS AND AN
INCREASE IN SEAS. SEAS COULD BUILD TO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 FT. THE SCA
WILL NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO GALES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW
LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE SYSTEM GRADUALLY DEEPENS.
EXPECT GALES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON IN STRONG WESTERLY FLOW...WITH
GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE...AND COULD STAY
ABOVE SCA UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN...WINDS
AND SEAS RELAX TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS BACK TO THE SW
AS A FRONT APPROACHES TUESDAY NIGHT. PROBABLE SCA EVENT...WITH
POSSIBLE GALE IN SOUTHERLY FLOW. ROUGH SEAS EXPECTED.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
A STORM WILL BRING AROUND AN INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT
PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THIS
WILL COME IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR. RAIN/SNOW AND
SLEET MIX NEAR THE COAST. IF MORE RAIN IS OBSERVED ACROSS COASTAL
SECTIONS...LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
ANOTHER STORM WITH ABUNDANT LIQUID EQUIVALENT IS EXPECTED SUNDAY.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON TIDES FRIDAY NIGHT. MAY COME CLOSE TO MINOR
TIDAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS.
DESPITE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MONDAY MORNING...DO NOT EXPECT
WIDESPREAD COASTAL FLOODING AT THIS TIME. CURRENT TIDAL DATA
INDICATES A SURGE OF 2 TO 2.5 FT NEEDED FOR MINOR FLOODING. GUIDANCE
IS CLOSE...2FT IN SOME CASES. A FEW OF THE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS
ALONG THE SOUTH SHORES OF LI/NYC WILL BE CLOSE.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR CTZ005>012.
NY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NYZ072>081.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR NYZ067>071.
NJ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NJZ006-011.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR NJZ002>005.
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY FOR ANZ330-
340-345-350-353-355.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY FOR
ANZ335-338.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PW
NEAR TERM...PW
SHORT TERM...BC/PW
LONG TERM...BS
AVIATION...GC
MARINE...BC/BS/PW
HYDROLOGY...PWHazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 5:42 AM EST, 10 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 542 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-191045- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 542 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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. ANZ330-340-345-350-353-355-191045- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 542 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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. ANZ335-338-191045- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR- 542 AM EST THU DEC 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 5:26 AM EST | Gale Watch | OKX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 18, 5:26 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | OKX | 71 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:33 PM EST | Gale Warning | OKX | 37 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.