LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 938 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
SNOW WILL FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY 1 PM. SNOWFALL BY 1 PM WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
5 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LOCALLY WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND MOST OF THIS
EVENING...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA
BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT TIME
THE BAND OF SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH AND WILL BE SOUTH OF
THE AREA BY AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ROME SOUTH THROUGH
VERONA... BACK TOWARD ONEIDA LAKE. MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS...ON THE
ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE IMMEDIATE MOHAWK VALLEY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF UTICA.
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 EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 938 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY.
SNOW WILL FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY 1 PM. SNOWFALL BY 1 PM WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
5 INCHES IN MOST AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LOCALLY WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND MOST OF THIS
EVENING...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA
BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT TIME
THE BAND OF SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH AND WILL BE SOUTH OF
THE AREA BY AROUND DAYBREAK TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ROME SOUTH THROUGH
VERONA... BACK TOWARD ONEIDA LAKE. MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS...ON THE
ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE IMMEDIATE MOHAWK VALLEY
INCLUDING THE CITY OF UTICA.
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 EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
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