HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 523 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
CHRISTMAS EVE AND MOVE NORTH TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY
MORNING. MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL
OVERSPREAD WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK ON CHRISTMAS
DAY...BUT MILDER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE MOISTURE AND PREVENT THE
REGION FROM PICKING UP ANY SNOW.
RATHER...THE PRECIPITATION MAY START OFF AS A FEW HOURS OF
FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO JUST RAIN. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
FOR PROBLEMS WILL BE FOUND IN THE DEEPER SOUTHERN TIER VALLEYS...
AND EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO WHERE THE PRECIPITATION COULD BE A MIX OF
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME TRAVEL
PROBLEMS CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT.
THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOULD
BE ALERT SLIPPERY ROADWAYS.
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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