HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1024 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1030 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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.
   LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE TWIN TIERS
AROUND DAYBREAK AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE REGION.
BY EARLY AFTERNOON A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR.
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
THIS WINTRY MIX WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE CATSKILLS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA WILL
HOVER AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. LIGHT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
CATSKILLS AND POCONOS.
MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
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LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Issue Date: 944 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009

...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES
SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.A COLD NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE
ONTARIO WILL PRODUCE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK
TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIOS OF UP TO 5
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.
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SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...SYRACUSE...ONEIDA...CORTLAND...
NORWICH
944 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
THURSDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE ADVISORY AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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MSE