HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 419 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN AND ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE THIS MORNING...WITH SOME 55
MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY AND WILL SUBSIDE A BIT
LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN THE WINDS WILL
BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY AND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS
THE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY.
THE STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH
THE HIGHEST GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR LAKE
ERIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 503 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE
TO JUST RAIN SHOWERS WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF SUNRISE. SOME
ROADWAYS MAY BE VERY SLICK FROM THE OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION...
ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS WELL AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE. AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING...ANY TRAVEL
PROBLEMS WILL GREATLY IMPROVE.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL THEN BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE BULK
OF TODAY...BUT THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL
BEGIN TO PRODUCE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT
DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
STORM TOTALS BY FRIDAY EVENING WILL EXCEED 2 FEET IN THE MOST
PERSISTENT LAKE SNOW AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 503 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS
MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE
TO JUST RAIN SHOWERS WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF SUNRISE. SOME
ROADWAYS MAY BE VERY SLICK FROM THE OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION...
ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS WELL AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE. AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING...ANY TRAVEL
PROBLEMS WILL GREATLY IMPROVE.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL THEN BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE BULK
OF TODAY...BUT THE PASSAGE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...MUCH COLDER AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL
BEGIN TO PRODUCE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT
DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
STORM TOTALS BY FRIDAY EVENING WILL EXCEED 2 FEET IN THE MOST
PERSISTENT LAKE SNOW AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
$$
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