HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 450 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.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.
HIGH WIND WATCH.
DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO NEAR
CHICAGO TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN IT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS IT WILL LIFT ACROSS MICHIGAN AND THE
CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TO WESTERN QUEBEC.
THIS POWERFUL EARLY WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE REGION IN THE PROCESS.
SNOW WILL BREAK OUT ACROSS THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SLEET
AND THEN TO RAIN. 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 WILL LIKELY PRODUCE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
THE LAKE SNOWS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THE WATERTOWN METRO AREA
WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE THEY SETTLE TO THE SOUTH TO THE TUG HILL
REGION.
THE COMBINATION OF THE LAKE SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO A HAZARDOUS THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...WITH POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THEN CONTINUING INTO THE END OF THE
WEEK. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT LAKE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL COME OVER OSWEGO COUNTY AND THE TUG HILL
REGION.
.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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