WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING...WITH POTENTIAL FOR MIXED
PRECIPITATION OR FREEZING RAIN. COLD AIR FUNNELING DOWN THE SAINT
LAWRENCE VALLEY MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW MUCH ICE WILL
ACCUMULATE...BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ENOUGH ICE ACCUMULATION
TO HINDER TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS 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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