000 AWUS41 KOKX 021115 RWSNYC CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-022100- WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 615 AM EST THU JAN 2 2003 ...MORE WINTRY WEATHER ON THE WAY... STRONG LOW PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTHEAST WILL HEAD RAPIDLY OUT TO SEA TODAY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT BRINGING THE TRI-STATE AREA ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE REGION-WIDE LATE TONIGHT AS THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. ON FRIDAY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST...BUT INLAND AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY MAY STAY AS SNOW WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE AS PLAIN RAIN ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND WESTERN INTERIOR CONNECTICUT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM AS A CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL AFFECT WHERE THE RAIN-SNOW LINE SETS UP. $$ EKH