Winter Storm Watch...

[nystate]

Looks like more snow...we have about 24 inches so far this season, way below our normal for this time of year (49 inches) so any snow will be good.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1010 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2004

...A BOUT OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AS IT
MOVES TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS OHIO SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT TO NEAR BINGHAMTON MONDAY MORNING AND ONTO THE MAINE
COAST MONDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...IT WILL BRING A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA.

IF THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM IS CORRECT A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN
NEW YORK...WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING MAINLY AS SNOW ACROSS THE
NORTH COUNTRY.

ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY...THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. IT SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL BE CRITICAL AS TO THE PRECISE
TIMING...AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION.

AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON MONDAY...A
NORTHWEST FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. THE COLD
AIR PASSING OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO WILL
RESULT IN LAKE EFFECT SNOWS DOWNWIND OF THE LAKES THROUGH MIDWEEK.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO
AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



NYZ006>008-032100-
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-OSWEGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOWVILLE...OSWEGO AND WATERTOWN
1010 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2004

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...

LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW BY SUNDAY
MORNING WITH AN INCH OR SO ACCUMULATION. STEADIER SNOW WILL
REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY EVENING.
IT MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME. SNOW SHOULD
TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE DURING THIS PERIOD.



$$
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On a side note, our local news station has a forecast low of the -20s F for the late week...brrr!

[Steve H.]

Yeah, went to school at Buffalo State, so I liked a forecast like that. Had a three-day snow event tht left over 30 inches as 3 waves came through the Ohio valley and just east of us. Lake effect snows should stay south of the city though once the NW winds kick in. Would be cool if the polar vortex planted itself over lake superior though. That SW flow aloft with arctic air brought the blizz in '77. Hurricane force winds and drifts approaching the tops of telephone poles were common along lake erie. Boy I miss those winters. Not likely to happen now, but those waters are still warm, so Cattaraugus and Chatagau counties are going to get nailed this week. 80 and sunshine in Melbourne again today

[Anonymous]

Looks like more snow...we have about 24 inches so far this season, way below our normal for this time of year (49 inches) so any snow will be good.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1010 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2004

...A BOUT OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AS IT
MOVES TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS OHIO SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT TO NEAR BINGHAMTON MONDAY MORNING AND ONTO THE MAINE
COAST MONDAY EVENING. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...IT WILL BRING A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA.

IF THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM IS CORRECT A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN
NEW YORK...WITH PRECIPITATION FALLING MAINLY AS SNOW ACROSS THE
NORTH COUNTRY.

ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY...THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT. IT SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

THE PATH OF THIS STORM WILL BE CRITICAL AS TO THE PRECISE
TIMING...AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION.

AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON MONDAY...A
NORTHWEST FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. THE COLD
AIR PASSING OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO WILL
RESULT IN LAKE EFFECT SNOWS DOWNWIND OF THE LAKES THROUGH MIDWEEK.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO
AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



NYZ006>008-032100-
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-OSWEGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOWVILLE...OSWEGO AND WATERTOWN
1010 AM EST SAT JAN 3 2004

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...

LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW BY SUNDAY
MORNING WITH AN INCH OR SO ACCUMULATION. STEADIER SNOW WILL
REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY EVENING.
IT MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME. SNOW SHOULD
TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE DURING THIS PERIOD.



$$
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On a side note, our local news station has a forecast low of the -20s F for the late week...brrr!

You lucky dog you!!! You'll get to take a brisk cool jebwalk with temps in the negative 20s!!!!!!!!!!!!


-JEB

[stormraiser]

NWS Buffalo has changed my warning/watch/advisory 3 or 4 times since last night. Right now they are saying 3-6, and one time it was a s hight as 8-10 and as low as 2-4. They are saying too much dry air coming in right now. I guess right now it is wait and see