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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
800 AM EDT SUN OCT 21 2012

...WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK BEGINS TODAY...

OCTOBER 21 TO OCTOBER 27 IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN NEW YORK
AND NEW ENGLAND. 

WINTER IN NEW YORK OFFERS AN ABUNDANCE OF RECREATIONAL AND 
CULTURAL OPPORTUNTIES. BUT WINTER IN OUR AREA CAN ALSO BRING 
SOME OF NATURES MOST SEVERE CONDITIONS. THE DECEMBER 2008 ICE 
STORM AND THE OCTOBER SNOWSTORM OF 2011 ARE RECENT EXAMPLES OF 
THE CRIPPLING EFFECTS OF WINTER STORMS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES CITIZENS TO BE PREPARED FOR 
THE UPCOMING WINTER SEASON. EACH DAY THIS WEEK WE WILL EXPLORE 
ACTIONS TO TAKE NOW TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF WINTER WEATHER.

MONDAY WE WILL FEATURE A REVIEW OF WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS 
ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO MITIGATE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON YOUR SAFETY 
AND HEALTH.

TUESDAY WE WILL REVIEW THE METEOROLOGY OF WINTER WEATHER WITH 
AN EMPHASIS ON HEAVY SNOWFALL...LAKE EFFECT SNOW...
NOREASTERS...AND BLIZZARDS.

WEDNESDAY WILL CONTINUE OUR STUDY OF THE METEOROLOGY OF WINTER 
AS WE LOOK AT ICE STORMS.

THURSDAY WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO WINTER FLOODING WITH A FOCUS 
ON ICE JAMS.

FRIDAY WE INVESTIGATE THE CRITERIA FOR THE ISSUANCE OF WINTER 
WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES AND WHAT STEPS 
YOU SHOULD TAKE WHEN A WATCH...WARNING OR ADVISORY IS ISSUED.

FINALLY ON SATURDAY...WE REVIEW WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS 
WEEK WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PREPAREDNESS. TAKING STEPS NOW TO 
PREPARE FOR WINTER WEATHER WILL ALLOW YOU TO KEEP SAFE THIS 
WINTER...AND ENJOY THE SEASON.

IF YOU NEED TIMELY INFORMATION...YOU CAN GET IT ON NOAA WEATHER 
RADIO ALL HAZARDS. WE ARE BROADCASTING TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY 
FROM STATIONS IN ALBANY...NEW YORK...AT 162.55 
MHZ...HIGHLAND...NEW YORK...AT 162.475 MHZ... MIDDLEVILLE...NEW 
YORK AT 162.400 MHZ...JOHNSBURG... NEW YORK...AT 162.450 
MHZ...MARLBORO...VERMONT...AT 162.400 MHZ...NORTH 
ADAMS...MASSACHUSETTS...AT 162.525 MHZ...EGREMONT...
MASSACHUSETTS...AT 162.450 MHZ...AND FROM CORNWALL...
CONNECTICUT...AT...162.500 MHZ.

WEATHER RADIO MONITORS ARE INEXPENSIVE AND ALERT YOU OF THE 
LATEST WEATHER. OUR BROADCASTS WILL HELP YOU PLAN FOR OUTDOOR 
ACTIVITIES...GET TRAVEL INFORMATION...MAKE BUSINESS 
DECISIONS...OR DECIDE ON THE PROPER CLOTHING TO WEAR. MOST 
IMPORTANTLY...YOU WILL BE READY WHEN A WINTER STORM STRIKES. 

FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH INTERNET ACCESS...ALL OF OUR WEATHER 
AND HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. SIMPLY GO TO 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND THEN CLICK ON EASTERN NEW YORK OR WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE MAIN WEB PAGE OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NEW YORK. 

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DIRIENZO