LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1041 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
TUESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST
TUESDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO
NOON EST TUESDAY.
MULTIPLE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND AN ARCTIC
COLD FRONT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK
TUESDAY. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A
PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES. THE HIGHEST
TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY NEAR THE
SOUTH SHORE OF ONEIDA LAKE...AND NORTHERN ONONDAGA
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SYRACUSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE
TO THE STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE
WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR LESS...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS
SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
$$
WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1041 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
TUESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON EST
TUESDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO
NOON EST TUESDAY.
MULTIPLE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE AREA
LATER TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND AN ARCTIC
COLD FRONT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK
TUESDAY. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THIS TIME...A
PERSISTENT NORTHWESTERLY WIND WILL KEEP LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS GOING
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES. THE HIGHEST
TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY NEAR THE
SOUTH SHORE OF ONEIDA LAKE...AND NORTHERN ONONDAGA
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SYRACUSE.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE SNOWS...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE TO
PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND MINUS 15 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY DUE
TO THE STRONG WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE
WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR LESS...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS
SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
$$
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