Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
322 PM EST FRI DEC 10 2010

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NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-
322 PM EST FRI DEC 10 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION
SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH INITIALLY TO ALLOW MOST
PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW MAY BE MIXED
IN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER AND THE NORTH COUNTRY.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO
SNOW ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH THE CHANGEOVER OCCURRING BY
EVENING EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO.

PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WILL ALSO BECOME LIKELY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS
SOUTHEAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND ALSO THE SOUTH SHORE
OF LAKE ONTARIO FROM THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA TO OSWEGO COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE SOME ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY...BUT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
246 PM EST FRI DEC 10 2010

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/O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0016.101210T2300Z-101211T0900Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA
246 PM EST FRI DEC 10 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6
PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST SATURDAY.


* LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT

* PRECIPITATION TYPES...SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE

* ACCUMULATIONS...TRACE

* IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND WALKWAYS



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW,
SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.