000 FLUS41 KALY 092155 HWOALY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 455 PM EST THU FEB 9 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-101200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 455 PM EST THU FEB 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM PASSING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT...AND THE BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...A PERIOD OF STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SHOULD THE OFFSHORE STORM SYSTEM TRACK CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING IN A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL...THEN WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED. AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. BRISK WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES COULD ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE ADVISORY LEVEL WIND CHILLS WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS AND BERKSHIRES. IF CONDITIONS BECOME IMMINENT...THEN APPROPRIATE WIND CHILL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$