URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
321 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...

.A VIGOROUS WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK THROUGH THE OHIO
VALLEY ON THURSDAY...AIDING IN RAPID INTENSIFICATION OF A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW
IS THEN FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY...PASSING SOUTHEAST
OF CAPE COD FRIDAY EVENING. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE TO INTERACT
WITH THE ABUNDANT ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE THROWN OVER
THE AREA...CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM
TO AFFECT THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

JUST AS WITH OUR MOST RECENT STORM THOUGH...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 OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND
SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. 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.