LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1048 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND
ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER FRIDAY AND
CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND AS COLD AIR SWEEPS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.
THE INSTABILITY OVER LAKE ERIE WILL BE ENHANCED AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ALOFT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS
WEEKEND.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL GENERALLY BE ACROSS INLAND ASHTABULA...
ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH
AMOUNTS OVER A FOOT AT SOME LOCATIONS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
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