LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1055 AM EST WED DEC 16 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND CURRENTLY OVER EXTREME NORTHERN ONONDAGA AND
MADISON COUNTIES TO ONEIDA COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THE BAND WILL GENERALLY IMPACT
ONONDAGA COUNTY NORTH OF SYRACUSE. OVER MADISON AND ONEIDA
COUNTIES THE BAND WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY NORTH OF THE THRUWAY.
SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER LAKE
SNOWS COMBINED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE POOR
VISIBILITIES AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. DAYTIME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA WITH AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE BAND
MOVES SOUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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MUNDSCHENK
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