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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
455 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2025
..THIS IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK
PLEASE JOIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PROMOTING WINTER WEATHER
EDUCATION INCLUDING SAFETY.
THE TOPIC FOR TODAY IS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WINTER WEATHER
SERVICES.
THE NWS ISSUES TWO TYPE OF WINTER WEATHER WATCHES...WINTER STORM,
AND EXTREME COLD.
THERE ARE ALSO FIVE TYPES OF WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS...BLIZZARD,
WINTER STORM, EXTREME COLD, ICE STORM, AND SNOW SQUALL WARNINGS.
THERE ARE ALSO TWO TYPES OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...WINTER
WEATHER, AND COLD WEATHER.
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
HAZARDOUS WEATHER. WATCHES ARE USUALLY ISSUED 36 TO 48 HOURS BEFORE
AN EVENT IS EXPECTED. WARNINGS ARE USUALLY ISSUED UP TO 36 HOURS
BEFORE AN EVENT. ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR LESS SERIOUS EVENTS UP TO
36 HOURS BEFORE THEY OCCUR. ANY OF THESE ALERTS CAN BE ISSUED WITH
LONGER LEAD TIMES IF FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.
A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT
WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR GREATER, AND CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW, FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE, FOR A
PERIOD OF 3 HOURS OR LONGER.
SNOW SQUALL WARNINGS ARE SHORT FUSED, MEANING THEY ARE TYPICALLY
ISSUED WITH AN HOUR OR LESS LEAD TIME. THEY WILL BE ISSUED IF A
HEAVY SNOW SHOWER, ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW, IS
EXPECTED TO CAUSE A RAPID DROP IN VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS AND
PLUMMET TEMPERATURES SUFFICIENTLY TO CAUSE A FLASH FREEZE. THESE
SHORT FUSE EVENTS ARE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ARCTIC COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGES, ARE QUICK MOVING AND LAST FOR LESS THAN ONE HR IN
DURATION.
WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR...
HEAVY SNOW, WHEN AN AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 6 INCHES IN 12 HOURS OR 8
INCHES IN 24 HOURS IS FORECAST.
A COMBINATION OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO CAUSE
IMPACTS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF EITHER HEAVY SNOW OR SIGNIFICANT
FREEZING RAIN.
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS
FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED FLAT SURFACES.
BEGINNING LAST WINTER SEASON WIND CHILL WATCHES/WARNINGS WERE
CONSOLIDATED INTO EXTREME COLDANOTHER ROUND OF LOCALLY MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE EARLY THIS FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS AS WATER MAY NOT RECEDE QUICK
ENOUGH WITH THE FLOW BECOMING WESTERLY.
NO ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE EARLY THIS
FRIDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WATCHES/WARNINGS. EXTREME
COLD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN AIR TEMPERATURES AND
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE APPARENT TEMPERATURES
OR WIND CHILLS OF AT LEAST MINUS -15 FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA, AND
-20 DEGREES FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR FLOODING OF RIVERS, SMALL
STREAMS, STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAIN LASTING AT
LEAST 6 HOURS AND SNOW MELT ARE USUALLY A MAJOR CAUSE OF FLOODING.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR WIDESPREAD
MODERATE OR GREATER FLOODING OF SHORELINE AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES,
WITH INUNDATION OF 2 TO 3 FEET OR GREATER ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.
HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR SUSTAINED WINDS
AVERAGING AT LEAST 40 MPH FOR AT LEAST 1 HOUR, OR FOR WIND GUSTS
REACHING AT LEAST 58 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.
ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED FOR LOWER AMOUNTS OR VALUES AND COVER
WINTER WEATHER, FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE, WIND AND COLD
WEATHER WHICH OFTEN RELATES DIRECTLY TO WIND CHILLS, AND DENSE FOG.
NOTE THAT BEGINNING LAST SEASON THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACED
WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHERE THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE OR WIND CHILL
CRITERIA IS NOW -5 FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA, AND -10 FOR
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC NWS CRITERIA,
ACCESS OUR WINTER WEATHER WEB PAGE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OKX/WINTER
THE NEXT STATEMENT AROUND 6 AM SATURDAY WILL BE A RECAP OF WINTER
WEATHER SAFETY.
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