HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 631 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 645 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
...LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO NEAR
CHICAGO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN IT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS IT LIFTS ACROSS MICHIGAN AND THE
CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TO WESTERN QUEBEC.
THIS POWERFUL EARLY WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE REGION IN THE PROCESS. SNOW WILL
BREAK OUT ACROSS THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM LATE TONIGHT
WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN AND THEN THE MIX WILL CHANGE TO RAIN DURING
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
HIGH WIND WARNING.
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH.
WINTER STORM WATCH.
IT WILL BE WINDY AHEAD OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY...BUT THE STRONGEST
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
AS MUCH COLDER AIR FLOODS ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES BEHIND THE
DEPARTING STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SIGNIFICANT LAKE
EFFECT SNOWS WILL DEVELOP. WHILE THE STRONG WINDS MAY INITIALLY
PREVENT THE LAKE SNOWS FROM BECOMING TOO FOCUSED OVER ANY ONE
AREA...WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH COULD PRODUCE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
OVER THE BUFFALO METRO AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE THEY SETTLE
TO THE SOUTH ACROSS THE MORE TRADITIONAL LAKE ERIE SNOW BELT.
THE COMBINATION OF THE LAKE SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO A HAZARDOUS THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE IN THE BUFFALO
METRO AREA WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THEN
CONTINUING ACROSS THE LAKE ERIE SNOWBELT THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK.
A SURGE ON LAKE ERIE CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL THAT COULD CAUSE SOME
FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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