Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Snow Advisories in 2007

Snow Advisory 9, NWS State College, PA

December 2, 2007Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this snow advisory at Dec 2, 2007, 4:37 PM EST for Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 3, 2007, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2007, 4:37 PM EST (21:37 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2007, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 3, 2007, 9:57 PM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Cambria County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 518 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
518 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
641 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS41 KCTP 022137
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
437 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

.THE WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO
PLAIN RAIN THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY.

PAZ024-033-030545-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0000Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
437 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING FOR LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE. 

INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE
TO JUST PLAIN RAIN AND DRIZZLE AS TEMPERATURES CREEP UP ABOVE
FREEZING THIS EVENING. ANY ADDI TONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON
THE LIGHT SIDE.

MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF
OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY SQUALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON
SOME OF THE RIDGE-TOPS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

PAZ004-005-030545-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0000Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-
437 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE
TO JUST PLAIN RAIN AND DRIZZLE AS TEMPERATURES CREEP UP ABOVE
FREEZING THIS EVENING. ANY ADDI TONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON
THE LIGHT SIDE.

MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF
OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS. SNOWFALL IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF
WARREN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BANDS. NARROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS RESULT IN HIGHLY
VARIABLE VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES IMMINENT...
  A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

PAZ010-011-017-030000-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0000Z/
ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-
437 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO JUST
PLAIN RAIN OR DRIZZLE AS TEMPERATURES CREEP UP ABOVE FREEZING THIS
EVENING.

ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$

PAZ025>028-034>036-056-057-059-063>066-030000-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0000Z/
BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
437 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO JUST
PLAIN RAIN OR DRIZZLE AS TEMPERATURES CREEP UP ABOVE FREEZING THIS
EVENING.

ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$

PAZ006-012-018-019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-030545-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-
UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-
437 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY. 

INTERMITTENT SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY CREEP UP ABOVE FREEZING BY LATER THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING
THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL ICY CONDITIONS.

ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$

LA CORTE/JUNG
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 022359
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
659 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

.THE WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO
PLAIN RAIN THIS EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY.

PAZ024-033-030800-
/O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0000Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
659 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST
TUESDAY.

SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE CREPT ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS.
ANY NEW PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS OVERNIGHT SHOULD FALL AS
RAIN...WITH THE THREAT FOR ICING HAVING DIMINISHED.

MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF
OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY SQUALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THE RIDGE-TOPS. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

PAZ025-026-034>036-064-030100-
/O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0000Z/
BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-ADAMS-
659 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE CREPT ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS.
ANY NEW PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS OVERNIGHT SHOULD FALL AS
RAIN...WITH THE THREAT FOR ICING HAVING DIMINISHED.

$$

PAZ004-005-030800-
/O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-
659 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY WHILE A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO VALLEY.
WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS.

TEMPERATURES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING
THREAT.

MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF
OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS. SNOWFALL IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF
WARREN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BANDS. NARROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS RESULT IN HIGHLY
VARIABLE VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES IMMINENT...
   A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

PAZ010-011-017-027-028-056-057-059-063-065-066-030600-
/O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-YORK-LANCASTER-
659 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY. 

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO VALLEY.
WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN.

TEMPERATURES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING
THREAT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$

PAZ006-012-018-019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-030600-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-
UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-
659 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY. 

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO VALLEY.
WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN.

TEMPERATURES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING
THREAT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$

LA CORTE
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 030215
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

.AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR ICING
OVER THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
MONDAY.

PAZ005-031015-
/O.UPG.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.IS.W.0001.071203T0215Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
MCKEAN-
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. 

A NEW AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION
FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR
JUST BELOW FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS.

TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO ABOVE
FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING THREAT.

MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF
OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS. SNOWFALL IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF
WARREN.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND
SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL
ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW
YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BANDS. NARROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS RESULT IN HIGHLY
VARIABLE VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES IMMINENT...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

PAZ006-012-037-041-042-030600-
/O.NEW.KCTP.IS.W.0001.071203T0215Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. 

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGH
TERRAIN.

TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO ABOVE
FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING THREAT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FALLING TREE BRANCHES AND
SNAPPED POWER LINES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR
PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL
ON UNTREATED ROADS DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...LET SOMEONE KNOW
YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND CARRY A CELLULAR PHONE.

$$

PAZ004-031015-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS.

TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO ABOVE
FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING THREAT.

MONDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF
OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS. SNOWFALL IN EXCESS
OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF
WARREN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BANDS. NARROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS RESULT IN HIGHLY
VARIABLE VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES IMMINENT...
    A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

PAZ024-033-031015-
/O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST
TUESDAY.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY ON THE BACK SIDE OF OUR
DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY SQUALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON
SOME OF THE RIDGE-TOPS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

PAZ010-011-017-027-028-056-057-059-063-065-066-030600-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-YORK-LANCASTER-
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY. 

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN.

TEMPERATURES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING
THREAT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$

PAZ018-019-045-046-049>053-058-030600-
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
SCHUYLKILL-
915 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
MONDAY. 

A NEW AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW
FREEZING...THE THREAT FOR ICING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGH TERRAIN.

TEMPERATURES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO
RECOVER TO ABOVE FREEZING...FINALLY BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING
THREAT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY
SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 030612
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
112 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

.AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR ICING
OVER THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
MONDAY.

PAZ006-012-037-041-042-030715-
/O.EXP.KCTP.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.EXP.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
112 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STEADY FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES
HAVE OR WILL SHORTLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT...BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING THREAT. THEREFORE...THE ICE
STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 100 AM.

$$

PAZ005-031130-
/O.EXP.KCTP.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
MCKEAN-
112 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
...ICE STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

STEADY FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES
HAVE OR WILL SHORTLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT...BRINGING AN END TO THE ICING THREAT. THEREFORE...THE ICE
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 100 AM.

LATER TODAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK
SIDE OF OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW
OFF THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS.
SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH
AND WEST OF WARREN.*

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BANDS. NARROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS RESULT IN HIGHLY
VARIABLE VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES IMMINENT...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

PAZ004-031130-
/O.EXP.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-
112 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

STEADY FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES
HAVE OR WILL SHORTLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT...ENDING THE ICING THREAT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 100 AM.

LATER TODAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK
SIDE OF OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW
OFF THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS.
SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH
AND WEST OF WARREN.*

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UNDER THE MORE PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW BANDS. NARROW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS RESULT IN HIGHLY
VARIABLE VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...IMPACTING TRAVEL
SIGNIFICANTLY. IF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES IMMINENT...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

PAZ010-011-017>019-027-028-045-046-049>053-056>059-063-065-066-
030715-
/O.EXP.KCTP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071203T0600Z/
ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-YORK-LANCASTER-
112 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STEADY FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES
HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...
ENDING THE ICING THREAT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 100 AM.

$$

PAZ024-033-031130-
/O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
112 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
EST TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
EST TUESDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY ON THE BACK SIDE
OF OUR DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...SETTING UP A COLD-MOIST FLOW OFF
THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREQUENT
SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY SQUALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THE RIDGE-TOPS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

DEVOIR
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 030710
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
210 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

.A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST .

PAZ004-005-032130-
/O.UPG.KCTP.LE.A.0003.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.LE.W.0006.071203T1500Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-
210 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 PM EST TUESDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL WET UP A COLD AND MOIST FLOW OFF OF THE
GREAT LAKES TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...CONTINUING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS
EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY 
OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF WARREN.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL
LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER
HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO
ZERO WITHIN MINUTES.  TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND A CELLULAR PHONE
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

PAZ024-033-032130-
/O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.071203T1200Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
210 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
EST TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM
EST TUESDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SET UP A COLD AND MOIST FLOW OFF OF THE
GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY SQUALLS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THE
RIDGE-TOPS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

DEVOIR
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 031654
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1154 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

.A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST .

PAZ004-005-040300-
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-
1154 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS. 

SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SNOW BELT AREAS
NORTH AND WEST OF WARREN WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF WIND BLOWN SNOW 
IS LIKELY BY LATE TUESDAY.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL
LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER
HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND CAN
QUICKLY DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40
AND 50 MPH. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

PAZ024-033-040300-
/O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
1154 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL
HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE 
TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES POSSIBLE
ON SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND CAN QUICKLY DROP
TO NEAR ZERO WITHIN MINUTES IN THE HEAVIER SQUALLS. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40
AND 50 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

$$

LAMBERT/TYBURSKI
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 031926
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

.A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

PAZ004-005-040430-
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-
226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS.

SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH
AND WEST OF WARREN RECEIVING BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF WIND BLOWN
SNOW.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL
LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER
HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND CAN
QUICKLY DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MPH. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND A CELLULAR PHONE
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

PAZ006-010-040430-
/O.NEW.KCTP.LE.Y.0012.071203T2000Z-071204T2100Z/
POTTER-ELK-
226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND
OCCASIONAL HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
BY LATE TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES
POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. BLOWING 
AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM WINDS GUSTING
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

PAZ024-033-040430-
/O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
226 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND
OCCASIONAL HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES BY LATE
TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES POSSIBLE
ON SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND CAN QUICKLY DROP
TO NEAR ZERO WITHIN MINUTES IN THE HEAVIER SQUALLS. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN
40 AND 50 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

LAMBERT/TYBURSKI
000 
WWUS41 KCTP 040257
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
957 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

.A SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

PAZ024-033-041100-
/O.UPG.KCTP.SN.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.HS.W.0005.071204T0257Z-071204T2100Z/
CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
957 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY...
...SNOW ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST TUESDAY. THE
SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS. 

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE
TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THE
RIDGE TOPS.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

$$

PAZ004-005-041100-
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-
957 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SQUALLS.

SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE SNOW BELT AREAS NORTH
AND WEST OF WARREN RECEIVING BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF SNOW.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL
LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER
HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY GREATLY AND CAN
QUICKLY DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

PAZ006-010-041100-
/O.CON.KCTP.LE.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-071204T2100Z/
POTTER-ELK-
957 PM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL TAP MOISTURE OFF THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...RESULTING IN FREQUENT SNOW
SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
BY LATE TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 OR 7 INCHES
POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THE RIDGE TOPS.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ALONG WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN LOCALIZED WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS.  USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Dec 2, 4:10 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 4:10 PM EST, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
410 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER NRN MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THE
FEED OF DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT
BEFORE PUSHING A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STATE LATE TONIGHT.

THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS ENTRENCHED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PENN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/FZDZ
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD OF HEAVIER RAIN...AN
EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ALONG AND IN ADVANCE
OF THE COLD FRONT.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SURGE EAST INTO THE COMMONWEALTH LATE TONIGHT
AND MONDAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...WITH
POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
NORTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON MONDAY WITH
GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH CONTINUING INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE EARLY TUESDAY AS A WEAK
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OVER THE STATE. QUICKLY FOLLOWING
THIS HIGH WILL BE AN ALBERTA CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM THAT WILL SPREAD
A LIGHT SNOWFALL OVER THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...
REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC LOOP SHOWS POCKETS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
CONTINUING ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF PENN.

LITTLE REASON...OR FOR THAT MATTER OPERATIONAL NAM/SREF
SUPPORT...TO SUGGEST A COMPLETE CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND NRN TIER ZONES UNTIL THIS EVENING AS SFC DEWPOINTS IN
THE UPR TEENS EAST...TO MID 20S ACROSS THE WEST...ARE PREVENTING A
RAPID TEMP RISE VIA LLVL EVAP COOLING.

QPF (WHICH WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD OVER THE SOUTH) WILL BE LIGHT
DURING THESE NEAR TO SUB FREEZING TEMPS LATE TODAY...SO NO SIGNIF
ICE ACCUM WILL OCCUR.

MAX TEMPS WILL BE REACHED RIGHT AT 00Z MONDAY AS THE LLVL FLOW
SLOWLY VEERS AND TEMPS/DEWPOINTS CREEP UPWARD.

&&

.SHORT TERM /7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY/...
OUR CURRENT...PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY  WILL HANG ON
INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MTNS OF
PA...WITH THE MTNS NORTH AND NE OF KIPT MOST AT RISK FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF LIGHT ICING.

ELEVATED CONVECTION STILL LOOKS TO BE A POSSIBILITY WITH +10C
THERMAL RIDGE AT 850 MB AND HIGHER PWATS TRACKING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL PA TONIGHT...SO WL HOLD ONTO THE CHC OF A TSRA THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY ADDED TO THE GRIDS. MODEL DATA CONTS TO INDICATE
MARGINAL INSTABILITY ABV 900MB AND SIG LARGE SCALE LIFT IN ADVANCE
OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

THE MAIN UPPER SHORT WAVE AND STRONGEST UVVEL BENEATH THE 130 KT
300 HPA JET WILL CARRY HIGHER PWATS (OVER ONE INCH) AND LIKELY
OVER ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL NE FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY
BETWEEN ABOUT THIS EVENING THROUGH 06Z MONDAY

COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THRU THE AREA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS MON
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND WIND GUSTS LIKELY
EASILY EXCEEDING 35 MPH. THROUGH COLLAB WITH PHI AND LWX...WILL BE
CONSIDERING UPGRADING THE WIND ADVIS (CURRENTLY IN AFFECT CWA-WIDE
MONDAY) TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MONDAY ACROSS THE LAUREL
HIGHLANDS AS HIGHLY ANOMALOUS...60 KT WIND CONTOUR VIA THE NAM IS
LOCATED JUST BELOW 2 KFT AGL MONDAY AFTERNOON. ALSO...AFTER THE
CURRENT WSW (ADVISORY) FOR THE WINTRY MIX EXPIRES THIS
EVENING...WE MAY TRANSITION TO A SNOW ADVIS FOR THE LAURELS
MONDAY...AND UPGRADE THE LES WATCH TO A WARREN FOR AT LEAST WARREN COUNTY.

WSW BLYR FLOW SHOULD CONFINE SIG LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY
MORNING TO SNOW BELT OF NW PA...WHERE SEVERAL INCHES SEEM
PROBABLE BY LATE IN THE DAY MONDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH BEGINS
12Z MONDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL CONDS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ON THE
BACKSIDE OF 500MB HEIGHT FALL CENTER/DEEPENING SFC LOW OVER THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD WITH 850 MB TEMP
ANOMALIES -1 TO -3 S.D. BELOW NORMAL. PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS AND
FLURRIES WILL BE COMMON...PARTICULARLY ON WEDNESDAY AS A CLIPPER
LOW DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MID MS/OH VLY AND ALONG/SOUTH
OF THE MASON DIXON BRINGING A BAND OF SNOW TO THE AREA WED-THUR.

LE SHSN SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE BY EARLY WED AS FLOW WEAKENS AND BACKS
IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING CLIPPER LOW DIVING SEWD THRU NRN
PLAINS AND INTO THE OH VLY/WV PNHNDL. MDLS GRADUALLY CONVERGING ON
AFOREMENTIONED SFC LOW TRACK...WITH CONDS COLD ENUF FOR A BAND OF
SNOW ALONG/NORTH OF THE EVENTUAL TRACK. AT FIRST GLANCE...EVOLUTION
OF THIS SYS LOOKS SOMEWHAT LIKE THE 18 NOV EVENT...BUT STILL WAY TOO
FAR OUT TO GET SPECIFIC.

SFC HI PRES IS FCST TO BUILD INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE
CLIPPER WITH LE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH
TERRAIN INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WKEND. AS THE SFC HI MOVES OFF
THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...FLOW PATTERN APPEARS TO TRANSITION FROM A
MEAN ERN TROF TO MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE/ZONAL FLOW BY EARLY IN THE
WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO A MODERATION IN TEMPS BACK
TOWARD MORE SEASONABLE READINGS.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ROUND TWO OF PCPN (RAIN AND FZRA) CONTINUES TO SLIDE EAST ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF PENN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD
RAIN WITH POCKETS OF FZRA EXPECTED TO MOVE NE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
CONTINUING THE CURRENT WIDESPREAD MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH
MUCH OF TONIGHT.

THE STABLE...NEAR SFC LAYER WITH A LIGHT SOUTH TO SE FLOW TOPPED
BY INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ABOVE 1.5KFT AGL WILL SUPPORT LLWS
PRIOR TO A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE TONIGHT.

ELEVATED INSTABILITY MAY EVEN TRIGGER A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER NEAR
THE TIME OF THE CFROPA.

VERY WINDY AND COLDER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT/OROGRAPHIC
SNOWS ACROSS THE NW MTNS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS. WIDESPREAD IFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WRN AND NRN MTNS IN SNOW
SHOWERS WITH AREAS OF MVFR ACROSS THE CENTRAL RIDGE/VALLEY REGION
(TAF SITES KAOO...KUNV AND KIPT).

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WESTERLY AND QUICKLY INCREASE TO SUSTAINED
VALUES BETWEEN 20-30 JUST AFTER THE CFROPA AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY NIGHT. WIND GUSTS IN THE 35-45KT RANGE WILL OCCUR DURING
THIS SAME PERIOD. FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL FLY ACROSS
THE CENTRAL AND SE.

ANOTHER...ALBEIT SOMEWHAT WEAKER STORM SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST
FROM CANADA DURING THE MIDWEEK WILL BRING PERIODS OF MVFR TO IFR
CIGS AND VSBYS IN SNOW/SNOW SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY.

MAINLY VFR FLYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN FRIDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE MIDWEST.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR PAZ006-012-
018-019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR PAZ004>006-
010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PAZ004-
005-010-011-017-024>028-033>036-056-057-059-063>066.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 4 PM EST TUESDAY FOR PAZ024-
033.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PAZ004-005.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LACORTE/LAMBERT
NEAR TERM...LAMBERT
SHORT TERM...DEVOIR/LAMBERT
LONG TERM...DEVOIR/TYBURSKI
AVIATION...LAMBERT/GARTNER
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 2:39 AM EST, 13 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
239 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

PAZ024>028-033>036-056-057-059-063>066-030745-
CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-
FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
239 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ010-011-017-030745-
ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-
239 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ006-012-018-019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-030745-
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-
SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-
239 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ004-005-030745-
WARREN-MCKEAN-
239 AM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 2:44 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more49 hr
Dec 2, 3:01 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchCTPMcKean, Warren23 hr

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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.