LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 332 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
TUESDAY.
THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED WITH A
COLD FRONT WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE FLOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO
THE AREA WILL BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED CAUSING PURE LAKE EFFECT TO
DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER
BANDS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.
BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS WEST WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 8 TO 16 INCHES...ESPECIALLY
WHERE THE SQUALLS PERSIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE SNOW WILL EVOLVE INTO A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW PATTERN BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS
THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY ROAD CONDITIONS INCLUDING
BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.
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