NWS Issues a Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
600 AM EST WED JAN 31 2007

...A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA THURSDAY NIGHTINTO FRIDAY...LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S ON THURSDAY WILL MOVEOFF THE MID ATLANTIC SHORE THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION FROM THISSTORM WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE STORMAPPROACHES. INITIALLY THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH COLD AIR ACROSS THEREGION FOR THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MOST OFTHE AREA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING THISTIME.LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLANDON FRIDAY...TO EAST OF CAPE COD BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

CURRENTLY IT APPEARS THAT ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL MOVE INTO THEREGION FOR THE SNOW TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS COASTALSECTIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.MEANWHILE...INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY ANDSOUTHERN CONNECTICUT MAY STAY MAINLY AS SNOW OR A FROZENMIX...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONSPOSSIBLE.A

NY PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY AS THE LOW PULLS TOWARDTHE CANADIAN MARITIMES.IT IS TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT SNOW AMOUNTS AS THERE IS STILLUNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS POTENTIALSTORM. A CHANGE IN EITHER ONE OF THESE FACTORS WILL HAVE ANIMPACT ON THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WE RECEIVE.