HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 427 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 415 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
414 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID WEST WILL LIFT PRECIPITATION ACROSS
THE REGION ON CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION
WILL ENTER THE BUFFALO METRO AREA AND THE SOUTHERN TIER LATE FRIDAY
MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN THE FINGER LAKES REGION AND
ROCHESTER LATE AFTERNOON...AND OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...AND THE NORTH
COUNTRY FRIDAY EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT THE ONSET.
AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN
TIER...AND THE NORTH COUNTRY. WHILE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED...EVEN TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE CAN MAKE ROADWAYS
SLICK. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON CHRISTMAS DAY OR CHRISTMAS NIGHT
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
.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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