WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...ERIE COUNTY AND INTERIOR GENESEE VALLEY AND FINGER LAKES COUNTIES AWAY FROM THE LAKE. * TIMING...NOON SATURDAY THROUGH OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW. TEMPERATURES TURNING SHARPLY COLDER MAY CAUSE ANY UNTREATED ROADS TO FREEZE. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS SATURDAY AND UP TO 2 INCHES SATURDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY. LOWS 15 TO 20 SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING A BURST OF SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY. 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.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:08:05 +0000
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