Special Weather Statemment from NWS Buffalo

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
827 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2011

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NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...
WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
827 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2011

...MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL UP LIFT ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEW YORK TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...AND THIS FEATURE WILL
GENERATE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION. IT MAY BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE
PRECIPITATION TO INITIALLY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN...PARTICULAR SOUTH OF BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER WHERE LOW LEVEL
COLD AIR WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN THE VALLEYS. THE PRECIPITATION
EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO MAY EVEN START AS A BIT OF LIGHT SNOW BEFORE
CHANGING OVER TO A LIGHT MIX OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.

WHILE THERE WILL BE A FEW HOURS WHEN THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR
A WINTRY MIX...ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO JUST LIGHT
RAIN DURING THE COURSE OF TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

REMEMBER THAT IT ONLY TAKES A TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN TO PRODUCE AN
ICY GLAZE ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.