LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 645 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY.
MULTIPLE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MIDDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A PERSISTENT
NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING INTO
TUESDAY EVENING.
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AT
TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR 10 DEGREES TO PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES THROUGH NOON TODAY.
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.
$$
WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 645 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY.
MULTIPLE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MIDDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A PERSISTENT
NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING INTO
TUESDAY EVENING.
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AT
TIMES...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR 10 DEGREES TO PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES THROUGH NOON TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE
WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR LESS...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS
SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
$$
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