Winter Weather Advisory Issued

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

428 AM EST SUN FEB 20 2011

...SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-

WESTERN BERGEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-

428 AM EST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

NOON EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER

ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON

EST MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON

VALLEY...SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

* HAZARDS...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY

ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 20S TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY

MORNING...RISING TO AROUND FREEZING BY MIDDAY MONDAY.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO

MONDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING. A

PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY

MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY

MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT

INTO MONDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED

VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Another snow Monday commute that will be made even more miserable by snow!

It is amazing to me that 3-6 inches gets a winter weather advisory. IMHO it is because people in the area just do not know how to drive in "snow." Too many of the "I have 4-wheel drive so I can do what I want" personality. There are places in NYS (and the rest of the country) that get 3-6 inches every night...with no weather advisory. It just s funny how people freak out of small accumulations of snow as if it is the end of the world. I bet the supermarkets are packed this morning. You need to get your condensed milk, cans of soup, gallons of water, batteries, generators, etc.

Good luck to you all!

[Guest JR Fireman]

Snow blower gased - check

6 pack on ice - check

Food in fridge - check

TV working - check

Personal assistant home for the day - check

I'm ready

[Bnechis 3,961]

Snow blower gased - check

6 pack on ice - check

Food in fridge - check

TV working - check

Personal assistant home for the day - check

I'm ready

Hey Jr. is that a 6 pack of Pepsi?

[Guest JR Fireman]

Hey Jr. is that a 6 pack of Pepsi?

Actually Red Bull - Remember: Personal assistant. By the way got you Geritol on ice yet?

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Snow blower gased - check

6 pack on ice - check

Food in fridge - check

TV working - check

Personal assistant home for the day - check

I'm ready

Your good to go...perhaps grab another 6 pack though

[helicopper 1,050]

Another snow Monday commute that will be made even more miserable by snow!

It is amazing to me that 3-6 inches gets a winter weather advisory. IMHO it is because people in the area just do not know how to drive in "snow." Too many of the "I have 4-wheel drive so I can do what I want" personality. There are places in NYS (and the rest of the country) that get 3-6 inches every night...with no weather advisory. It just s funny how people freak out of small accumulations of snow as if it is the end of the world. I bet the supermarkets are packed this morning. You need to get your condensed milk, cans of soup, gallons of water, batteries, generators, etc.

Good luck to you all!

Weather advisories are issued based upon forecast weather conditions not people's driving ability. They do issue them upstate and elsewhere, they just don't make a big deal about them.

See the attached from the NWS on when they're issued and why.

criteria.pdf

[Bnechis 3,961]

Actually Red Bull - Remember: Personal assistant. By the way got you Geritol on ice yet?

How old do you think I am?

There are no age restriction on drinks once you hit 21.........

[348 4]

Hey Jr Fireman, do you have a glass of STFU? Or maybe a case of respect??? And we wonder were the fire service will be in a few years......