BLIZZARD WARNING ISSUED...

...A BLIZZARD WARNING

HAS BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE

 6:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING

THROUGH

6:00 PM MONDAY EVENING

HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WITH CONSIDERABLE

BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT

TIMES.

ACCUMULATIONS...11 TO 16 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW

MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN AND SLEET AT THE HEIGHT OF THE

STORM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND...AND

POSSIBLY ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...WHICH COULD HOLD

DOWN AMOUNTS THERE...BUT ONLY AFTER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS

HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.

IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING

SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW

ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING

AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT

TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO

DOWN SOME POWER LINES...TREE LIMBS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING SUNDAY MORNING...THEN

BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF SUNDAY

NIGHT. LIGHT SNOWS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

WINDS....DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH LIKELY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS

AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF

YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET

STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.