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Special Marine Warning 52, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 20, 2005

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special marine warning at Sep 20, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2005, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Sep 20, 2:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 2:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
245 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

TIME FOR ONLY A SHORT DISC THIS MRNG AS SHWRS/TSTMS AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING FRONT HAVE REACHED THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA WITH
MARINE WRNGS AND SVR FOR ERIE COUNTY CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.

ALL THE WEATHER IS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHICH IS PROGGED TO REACH THE
AREA AROUND DAYBREAK. WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF SOME EARLY MORNING
SHWRS/TSTMS THEN SKIES BECOME PT SUNNY TODAY AS AN EXPANSIVE HIGH
WITH COOLER AND DRY AIR THEN BUILDS ACROSS OHIO VALLEY AND EAST
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THE AREA
FREE OF PRECIP WITH LITTLE MORE THAN HIGH THIN CLOUDS.

&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...

NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE LONG TERM FORECAST ATTM DUE TO ONGOING
WX. WILL HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING SOME
PRECIP THURSDAY NIGHT AS EAST/WEST FRONT SAGS SOUTH.

A RATHER MODERATE ZONAL FLOW COUPLED WITH A BAROCLINIC ZONE LYING
WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT WILL MAKE AT LEAST CHANCE POPS NECESSARY FOR THAT TIME FRAME.
IT APPEARS THAT THE BAROCLINIC ZONE SHOULD SLIDE TO OUR SOUTH
SATURDAY FOR AWHILE BUT EDGE NORTHWARD AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
THEREFORE WARM FRONTAL PRECIPITATION IS A POSSIBILITY. TEMPERATURES
FOR THE MOST PART THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...

LOW PRESSURE MOVING EAST ACROSS ONTARIO AND QUEBEC WILL SWING A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE REGION BY MID MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD
FRONT...ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED MVFR CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG WIND GUSTS OWING TO THE STRONG WIND FIELD (40-50 KTS) FOUND
ALOFT. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE BREEZY FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY REACHING THE 15-25KT (WITH GUSTS TO
30KT) RANGE BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING DURING THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...

A VIGOROUS SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS ONTARIO AND QUEBEC WILL PRODUCE
RATHER WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO TODAY...
PARTICULARLY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.
THEREFORE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE CONTINUED FOR ALL OF OUR
NEARSHORE ZONES.

&&

.BUFFALO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NY...NONE
.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY
          LEZ020-040-041...LOZ042-043...AND SLZ022.
          SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING
          LEZ044-045.

SHORT TERM...JML
LONG TERM...SAGE
AVIATION/MARINE...JJR
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 4:54 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
454 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

LEZ020-040-041-061-LOZ042>045-062>065-NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-
085-SLZ022-024-210900-
UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN
BEACH-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT
LAWRENCE RIVER-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE
RIVER-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG-
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS-
454 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEW YORK AND THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...
AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING (LOWER
CASE): HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:08 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 1:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Sep 20, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie47 min
Sep 20, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Sep 20, 5:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis38 min
Sep 20, 6:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson24 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.