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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Binghamton, NY

December 2, 2007Oneida County, New York

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 2, 2007, 3:39 AM EST for Oneida County, New York. It took effect at Dec 2, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2007, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 2, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 3, 2007, 5:42 AM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Binghamton, NY

County Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -126 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
99 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 2, 2:35 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 2:35 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
235 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY SUNDAY
MORNING BRINGING INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING WITH SNOW
SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THIS COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON CREATING
A WARM LAYER IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION
TO A MIXED BAG. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND
RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ON MONDAY, COASTAL
DEVELOPMENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...BRINGING
COLDER TEMPERATURES AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
HAVE ONLY MADE SOME MINOR TEMP AND PCPN ADJUSTMENTS ON THIS UPDATE
ACCORDING TO THE CRNTS. 00Z NAM SEEM TO INITIALIZE TOO WARM AND
HAS CARRIED THAT WARMTH INTO THE FCST TNGT AND SUN OVER THE FCST
AREA. SO...STILL VERY MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON THE DETAILS ON THE
UPCOMING STORM.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
SUNDAY...ISENTROPIC LIFT IN A WEAKENING STATE WILL CROSS FA DURING
THE MORNING HOURS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED FROM I81
WEST WHERE ADV HAVE BEEN ISSUED. FURTHER EAST PRECIP THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN LIGHT WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE. WARM MID LAYER BEGINS WORKING ACROSS FA BY LATE MORNING
WITH PRECIP MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET FROM I81 WEST. AFTER
ISENTROPIC LIFT SWINGS THROUGH, OMEGA FIELDS WEAKEN DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIP EXPECTED.

SUNDAY NIGHT, SURFACE LOW MOVES TO VCNTY OF ERN LAKE ONTARIO BY
12Z MON. AS SHORT WAVE IN OHIO VALLEY MOVES NORTHEAST LIFT WILL
ENHANCE. P-TYPE FROM I81 WEST WILL BE A MIX OF EVERYTHING BUT SNOW
UNTIL LATE WHEN COASTAL TAKES OVER AND COLUMN COOLS. IN THE
CURRENT WATCH AREA PRECIP MAY PRIMARILY BE SLEET/FREEZING RAIN
WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING POSSIBLE.

MONDAY...COASTAL BECOMES DOMINATE FEATURE WITH INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. BY LATE AFTERNOON LES MAY
BEGIN ACROSS FAR NRN FA.

MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH LES ACCUM IN THE USUAL AREAS
FOR W/NE FLOW.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...

PTRN WILL BE DOMINATED BY PERIODIC CLIPPERS. MULTIBAND LES ON
TUES...STILL COLD WITH POTNL FOR DECENT LCL ACCUMS. CLIPPER XPCTD
TO PASS SOUTH OF THE AREA ON WED WITH POTNL FOR SOME LGT
SNOW...THEN NW FLOW WITH MORE LES PSBL WED NGT. THU AND THU NGT
LOOK GNRLY FAIR, THEN NXT S/WV APRCHS FRI NGT WITH POTNL FOR SOME
LGT SNOW AND SUBSEQUENT LES. BOTTOM LINE IS SEASONABLY COLD WX
WITH A FEW CLIIPERS BRINGING PDS OF LGT SNOW, AND POTNL FOR
INTERMITTENT LES E AND SE OF LAKE ONTARIO FOLLOWING EACH SYSTEM.

&&

.AVIATION /08Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MRNG WITH LIFR/IFR CONDITIONS
BECMG WDSPRD BY DAYBREAK AS -SN OVERSPREADS THE AREA FROM W TO E.
THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVRNGT HRS. TRANSITION
TO ICE PELLETS AND FZRA WILL BEGIN ACRS WRN SITES THIS AFTN...WITH
POTNL FOR FZRA LATE THIS AFTN AND EVNG ALL LOCATIONS. PCPN MAY CHG
TO ALL RAIN BEFORE 06Z AT ELM AND AVP...PSBLY SYR. WINDS GNRLY E
TO SE, WITH SPEEDS MAINLY IN THE 5 TO 15 KT RNG. INCRSNG SRLY FLOW
ABV THE SFC BASED STABLE LATER TDA AND TNGT SO WILL HAVE TO
MONITOR LLWS POTNL, BUT LOOKS MARGINAL ATTM.

OUTLOOK...MONDAY THRU THURSDAY...MIXED PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS
BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY. WIDESPREAD RESTRICTIONS
ANTICIPATED THIS PERIOD. WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE QUITE
STRONG AND GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY.
TUESDAY...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...WITH SOME
RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW STILL POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS.

&&

.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
     FOR PAZ040-048-072.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR PAZ038-039-
     043-044-047.
NY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
     FOR NYZ009-036-037-045-046-057-062.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY FOR NYZ015>018-
     022>025-044-055-056.

&&

SYNOPSIS...RRM
NEAR TERM...DGM/RRM
SHORT TERM...RRM
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 3:49 PM EST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.