.. AN ACTIVE AND HIGHLY CHANGEABLE WEATHER DAY IS IN STORE FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS... INCLUDING A SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURE... A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL... AND EVEN SOME SNOWFALL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND VERY MILD TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING... WILL BE REPLACED BY STEADY... OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AND SUDDENLY CHILLY TEMPERATURES LATER THIS MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR... FROM SCRANTON WILKES-BARRE... TO BINGHAMTON... CORTLAND... AND SYRACUSE. SHARP RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED. IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IF YOU RESIDE IN A TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE AREA. AS READINGS TUMBLE INTO THE 30S BY AFTERNOON... AND EVEN THE UPPER 20S BY LATER IN THE DAY... RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET... BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK... AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA... PARTICULARLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. INITIALLY WET AND UNTREATED SURFACES MAY BECOME SLIPPERY... MAKING FOR A POTENTIALLY TRICKY EVENING RUSH HOUR PERIOD. AIR TEMPERATURES BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES... WITH WIND CHILLS APPROACHING ZERO... A FAR CRY FROM THE SPRING PREVIEW WEVE EXPERIENCED RECENTLY. KEEP ON TOP OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY... AND INTO THIS EVENING... BY LISTENING TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECAST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:01:24 +0000
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