WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 954 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTHERN TIER AND SOUTHERN FINGER
LAKES TODAY...
...FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA TODAY WILL LIFT AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION
NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
FOLLOWING THIS...THE LOW WILL BRING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
REGION AS WELL...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SATURDAY
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL ENTER THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER BETWEEN 11 AM
AND 1 PM...LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES MAY
STILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY
IN THE DEEPER VALLEYS. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SOME FREEZING
RAIN. ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE
ROADWAYS VERY SLICK. WHILE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED...THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER TODAY SHOULD
BE AWARE THERE MAY BE ICY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED
ROADWAYS.
THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL SEE PRECIPITATION MOVE INTO THE REGION
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING OR
COLDER...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.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
953 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
MIXED PRECIPITATION OR FREEZING RAIN. COLD AIR DRAINING 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 MIXED PRECIPITATION 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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 533 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.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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