Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
357 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A VIGOROUS WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE OHIO
VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT...AIDING IN RAPID
INTENSIFICATION OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST ON FRIDAY. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT
TRACKS NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY...PASSING JUST EAST OF CAPE COD FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE TO INTERACT WITH THE ABUNDANT
ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE THROWN OVER THE AREA...A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.

JUST AS WITH OUR MOST RECENT STORM...THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY
IN THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. JUST
A SMALL CHANGE IN THIS TRACK COULD HAVE DRASTIC IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE REGION...IN TERMS OF ALL SNOW VERSUS A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND
SNOW OR EVEN A CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL
LOCALES. AS IT STANDS NOW...THIS STORM WILL BE MUCH STRONGER AND
IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL
THAN THE ONE THAT AFFECTED US EARLIER IN THE WEEK.