HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 631 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 645 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION AND HEADING TOWARD THE
CENTRAL LAKES WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY WEATHER TO THE AREA
ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS.
SNOW LATER TONIGHT WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE.
A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ALONG
WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
HIGH WIND WARNING.
WINTER STORM WATCH.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WILL
ALSO BECOME WINDY AHEAD OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY...BUT THE STRONGEST
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
AS MUCH COLDER AIR FLOODS ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES BEHIND THE
DEPARTING STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SIGNIFICANT LAKE
EFFECT SNOWS WILL DEVELOP. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS MAY INITIALLY
PREVENT THE LAKE SNOWS FROM BECOMING TOO FOCUSED OVER ANY ONE
AREA...WINDS OF AT LEAST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COULD
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE
BUFFALO METRO AREA TO BATAVIA WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE THEY SETTLE
TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE MORE TRADITIONAL LAKE ERIE SNOW BELT.
THE COMBINATION OF THE LAKE SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO A HAZARDOUS THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE IN THE BUFFALO
METRO AREA WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THEN
CONTINUING ACROSS THE LAKE ERIE SNOWBELT THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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