HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 541 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
516 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
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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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE MIDWEST WILL PUSH 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 OF
THE PRECIPITATION. THEREFORE...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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