HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 519 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
508 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
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508 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
DEEP LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO NEAR
CHICAGO TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN IT WILL FURTHER STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS IT WILL LIFT ACROSS MICHIGAN AND THE
CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TO WESTERN QUEBEC.
THIS POWERFUL EARLY WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE REGION IN THE PROCESS. SNOW
WILL BREAK OUT ACROSS THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN. IT
WILL ALSO BECOME WINDY AHEAD OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY...BUT THE
STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
FINALLY...AS MUCH COLDER AIR FLOODS ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES BEHIND
THE DEPARTING STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SIGNIFICANT
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO DEVELOP. WHILE THE STRONG
WINDS MAY INITIALLY PREVENT THE LAKE SNOWS FROM BECOMING TOO
FOCUSED OVER ANY ONE AREA...WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. THE LAKE SNOWS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE BUFFALO
AND WATERTOWN METRO AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE THEY SETTLE TO
THE SOUTH ACROSS THE MORE TRADITIONAL LAKE SNOW BELTS.
THE COMBINATION OF THE LAKE SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD
TO A HAZARDOUS THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE IN THE BUFFALO AND
WATERTOWN AREAS...WITH POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS
THEN CONTINUING ACROSS THE SNOWBELTS THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT LAKE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL COME OVER OSWEGO COUNTY AND THE TUG HILL
REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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