HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 419 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM EST THURSDAY.
A VERY DEEP EARLY WINTER STORM WILL TRACK TO THE WEST AND NORTH
OF THE AREA TODAY AND THURSDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH
AHEAD OF THE STORM WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING
AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH 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.
$$
RSH
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 503 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH
MOST AREAS PICKING UP AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF FRESH ACCUMULATION.
THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET BY MID MORNING...THEN WILL CHANGE TO
JUST RAIN SHOWERS BY MIDDAY AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL WORK ITS WAY
TO THE SURFACE.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL THEN BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION DURING
THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON...BUT BY THIS EVENING...MUCH COLDER AIR
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT.
THE COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY ALLOW LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO SETUP ACROSS
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL THEN SLOWLY SETTLE
SOUTH OVERNIGHT WHILE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
THE 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 START UP NEAR WATERTOWN
AND CARTHAGE AND THEN DRIFT SOUTH...TARGETING THE TUG HILL
PLATEAU THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME. ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOW AREAS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 3
FEET.
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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 503 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WITH
MOST AREAS PICKING UP AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF FRESH ACCUMULATION.
THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET BY MID MORNING...THEN WILL CHANGE TO
JUST RAIN SHOWERS BY MIDDAY AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL WORK ITS WAY
TO THE SURFACE.
RAIN SHOWERS WILL THEN BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION DURING
THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON...BUT BY THIS EVENING...MUCH COLDER AIR
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT.
THE COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY ALLOW LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO SETUP ACROSS
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL THEN SLOWLY SETTLE
SOUTH OVERNIGHT WHILE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
THE 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 START UP NEAR WATERTOWN
AND CARTHAGE AND THEN DRIFT SOUTH...TARGETING THE TUG HILL
PLATEAU THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME. ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOW AREAS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 3
FEET.
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.
$$
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