Lake Effect Snow Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 346 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009 ...ARCTIC AIR TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LAKE SNOWS NEAR THE GREAT LAKES... .ARCTIC AIR FROM CENTRAL CANADA WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM THE FINGER LAKES WESTWARD FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. IT WILL BE BITTERLY COLD OVER JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MINUS TEENS AND DOWN TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO OVER OSWEGO COUNTY...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT SO NO ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE BEING ISSUED FOR NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WINDS BECOME WELL ENOUGH ALIGNED TONIGHT FOR BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EAST OF LAKE ERIE. WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND ALSO CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT LAKE SNOWS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT BUT THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE VERY WELL EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCHES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES FOR FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NYZ007-008-160500- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.A.0001.090116T1200Z-090117T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 346 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTH OF WATERTOWN AND MUCH OF LEWIS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TUG HILL. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW COULD MOVE NORTH TOWARD WATERTOWN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. 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. $$ JJP
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 346 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009 ...ARCTIC AIR TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LAKE SNOWS NEAR THE GREAT LAKES... .ARCTIC AIR FROM CENTRAL CANADA WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM THE FINGER LAKES WESTWARD FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. IT WILL BE BITTERLY COLD OVER JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MINUS TEENS AND DOWN TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO OVER OSWEGO COUNTY...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT SO NO ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE BEING ISSUED FOR NOW. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WINDS BECOME WELL ENOUGH ALIGNED TONIGHT FOR BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EAST OF LAKE ERIE. WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND ALSO CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT LAKE SNOWS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT BUT THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE VERY WELL EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCHES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES FOR FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NYZ006-160500- /O.CAN.KBUF.WC.W.0001.090116T0900Z-090116T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.LE.A.0001.090116T1200Z-090117T1200Z/ OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 346 PM EST THU JAN 15 2009 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE MINUS SINGLE NUMBERS TO AROUND 10 BELOW ACROSS THE TUG HILL BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT SO THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS UNTIL FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 1.5 FEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THAT PERIOD WITH THE HEAVIEST EXPECTED ACROSS THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN THOUGH WIND CHILL HEADLINES ARE NOT IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE COLD ENOUGH THAT IF YOU WILL BE OUTSIDE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME YOU SHOULD PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE BITTER COLD. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. 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. $$