HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 955 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 Expires:200912271500;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
955 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
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955 AM EST SAT DEC 26 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.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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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 407 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTHERN TIER CHRISTMAS DAY...
...FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL STALL NEAR IOWA ON FRIDAY...LIFTING AN AREA OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
FOLLOWING THIS...THE LOW WILL LIFT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS AS
WELL...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL ENTER THE SOUTHERN TIER CHRISTMAS
MORNING...LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL START
THE DAY NEAR FREEZING...WITH TEMPERATURES ALOFT SUGGESTING THAT
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW ARE ALL A POSSIBILITY. FREEZING RAIN
PRESENTS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES...WITH ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF
FREEZING RAIN ENOUGH TO MAKE ROADWAYS VERY SLICK. WHILE
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THOSE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER ON CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE AWARE THERE
MAY BE ICY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES
WILL GRADUALLY WARM THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT....WITH PRECIPITATION
TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN.
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.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
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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