Oswego (New York), Jefferson (New York), Lewis (New York)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
411 PM EST SUN NOV 9 2008
...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW FOR HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF LAKE
ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT AND MONDAY...
.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO WILL SWING
A POTENT COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES EARLY TONIGHT.
COLDER AIR IN THE WAKE OF THIS COLD FRONT WILL POUR ACROSS THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO TONIGHT AND
MONDAY...AND THIS WILL ALLOW LAKE EFFECT RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO
WET SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
411 PM EST SUN NOV 9 2008
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM EST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
EST MONDAY.
LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW
THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND
THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 12 INCHES
OVER THE TUG HILL PLATEAU. LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
LIKE MOST OTHER EARLY SEASON LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENTS...THIS
PARTICULAR EVENT WILL FEATURE WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT.
THE WEIGHT OF THIS SNOW COULD BRING DOWN SOME POWER LINES AND WILL
ELEVATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE TO SOME TREE LIMBS. AS A RESULT
THERE COULD BE SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREAS WHERE THE SNOW FALL
IS HEAVIEST. TRAVEL COULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED AS WELL...
ESPECIALLY FOR MONDAY MORNING COMMUTERS.
IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL
BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
ROAD AND VISIBILITY 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 NOAA's National Weather Service.
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TMA