WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 405 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE NIAGARA
FRONTIER BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT...FINALLY CHANGING TO JUST
PLAIN RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOLLOWED BY ICE
ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.
BY WEDNESDAY EVENING MUCH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW AS FAR NORTH AS BUFFALO AND BATAVIA. STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT
DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL DRIFT A LITTLE SOUTH THURSDAY BUT BLOWING SNOW
AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
$$
HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 348 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A VERY DEEP EARLY WINTER STORM WILL TRACK TO THE WEST AND NORTH
OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH AHEAD OF THE STORM WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL
GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...BEFORE BECOMING MORE WESTERLY LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES. STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 405 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
A WINTRY MIX WILL BRING SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE NIAGARA
FRONTIER BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT...FINALLY CHANGING TO JUST
PLAIN RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOLLOWED BY ICE
ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.
BY WEDNESDAY EVENING MUCH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW AS FAR NORTH AS BUFFALO AND BATAVIA. STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY DIFFICULT
DRIVING WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL DRIFT A LITTLE SOUTH THURSDAY BUT BLOWING SNOW
AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG
WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
$$
LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 316 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE
FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES FROM NEAR CHICAGO
WEDNESDAY MORNING TO WESTERN QUEBEC BY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS WEDNESDAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM WILL SHIFT
TO SOUTHWEST AND LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE TO
STORM FORCE ON LAKE ERIE.
THIS WILL PRODUCE A VERY NOTICEABLE SURGE CAUSING LAKE ERIE TO RISE TO
AROUND 9 FEET ABOVE LOW WATER DATUM SOME TIME WEDNESDAY EVENING.
FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET. A 9 FOOT STAGE WOULD CAUSE FLOODING EVEN
ALONG THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER. THE LAKE LEVELS WILL RECEDE A BIT
AFTER THE INITIAL HIGH SURGE BUT THE LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH RIGHT
INTO THURSDAY ALONG WITH CRASHING WAVES..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING WILL OCCUR IF
WEATHER DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE
READY TO MOVE TO SAFE GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS OR IF WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST SITUATION.
$$
SAGE
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