LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 254 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST
TUESDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM THE WEE
HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. WHILE THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A PERSISTENT
NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING
WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE ACROSS NORTHERN SENECA...CAYUGA...AND CORTLAND COUNTIES ALONG
WITH EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 26.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO
THE STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE
WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR LESS...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS
SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
$$
WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 254 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST
TUESDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM
THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM THE WEE
HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. WHILE THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A PERSISTENT
NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY EVENING
WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE ACROSS NORTHERN SENECA...CAYUGA...AND CORTLAND COUNTIES ALONG
WITH EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHENANGO COUNTY NEAR ROUTE 26.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO
THE STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE
WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR LESS...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS
SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
$$
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