Alert archive / New York / Winter Weather Advisories in 2013
Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 27, 2013, 3:24 PM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 28, 2013, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2013, 3:24 PM EST (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2013, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 4:02 AM EST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887 WWUS41 KBUF 272024 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 324 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-280430- /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T0700Z-130128T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 324 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATING 1 TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. MOST OF THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ003-004-013-014-280430- /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T0900Z-130128T2000Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA 324 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ005>008-280430- /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T1200Z-130129T0000Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 324 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATING 2 TO 4 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ TMA
8 follow-up statements
956 WWUS41 KBUF 280326 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1026 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-281130- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T0700Z-130128T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1026 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS OVERNIGHT AND AN INCH OR LESS MONDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OVERNIGHT AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MONDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S OVERNIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 40 MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. MOST OF THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ003-004-013-014-281130- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T0900Z-130128T2000Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA 1026 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS OVERNIGHT AND AN INCH OR LESS MONDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF AN INCH OR LESS. ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OVERNIGHT AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MONDAY...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S OVERNIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 40 MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ005>008-281130- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T1200Z-130129T0000Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 1026 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES MONDAY AND AN INCH OR LESS MONDAY EVENING...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MONDAY AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MONDAY EVENING...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
775 WWUS41 KBUF 280907 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 407 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-281715- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 407 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH 6 AM AND AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S THROUGH 6 AM. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S TODAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. MOST OF THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ003-004-013-014-281715- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T2000Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA 407 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH 6 AM AND UP TO 2 INCHES TODAY. ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THROUGH 6 AM AND UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY NEAR GENEVA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S THROUGH 6 AM. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S TODAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ005>008-281715- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.130128T1200Z-130129T0000Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 407 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 3 TO 5 INCHES TODAY AND AN INCH OR LESS TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TODAY AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ SMITH
936 WWUS41 KBUF 281617 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1117 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-281730- /O.CAN.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1117 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ003-013-281800- /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T1800Z/ MONROE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...GENESEO 1117 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...LINGERING FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...WARMING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ004-014-282000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T2000Z/ WAYNE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...CANANDAIGUA 1117 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...LINGERING FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TODAY. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ005>008-290000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T0000Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 1117 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT IN ICY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING UP TO 2 INCHES TODAY. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
351 WWUS41 KBUF 281758 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1258 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ003-013-281900- /O.CAN.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T1800Z/ MONROE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...GENESEO 1258 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ004-014-282000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T2000Z/ WAYNE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...CANANDAIGUA 1258 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...LINGERING FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT IN ICY SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ005>008-290000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T0000Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 1258 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT IN VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATING UP TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS...THEN A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
329 WWUS41 KBUF 281956 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 256 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ004-014-282100- /O.CAN.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130128T2000Z/ WAYNE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...CANANDAIGUA 256 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ005>008-290000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T0000Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 256 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT IN VERY SLICK CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
081 WWUS41 KBUF 282306 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 606 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ005>008-290715- /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T1200Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 606 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET OVER EASTERN JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES THIS EVENING. FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATING 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LEWIS AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IN MANY AREAS. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS...AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ HITCHCOCK
372 WWUS41 KBUF 290454 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1154 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ005>008-291200- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T1200Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 1154 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * HAZARDS...FREEZING DRIZZLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS...AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ HITCHCOCK
609 WWUS41 KBUF 290902 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 402 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 NYZ005>008-291015- /O.CAN.KBUF.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T1200Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN... LOWVILLE 402 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE STILL WELL BELOW FREEZING AND ANY ICING OF SURFACES THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 27, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1247 PM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 .SYNOPSIS... SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS SOUTH OF THE LAKES WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING LEAVING COOL AND DRY WEATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE BEGINNING MONDAY AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WARM UP WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR SOME MIXED SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT THE ONSET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH MONDAY. WARM AND RAINY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THEN COLDER WEATHER WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE REGION WITH LIGHT WINDS. THE LAST LINGERING FLURRIES ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND SOUTHERN TIER ARE FADING. THE HIGH WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR A GOOD BIT OF SUNSHINE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON...OUTSIDE OF ANY LINGERING LAKE EFFECT CLOUDINESS. HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS...SEEN ON IR SATELLITE OUT AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS... WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER NEW YORK FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE OUR LAST CHILLY DAY BEFORE THE WARM UP ARRIVES THAT WE HAVE BEEN FORECASTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW. HIGHS TODAY WILL RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S FOR MUCH OF AREA...WHILE THE NORTH COUNTY WILL LIKELY NOT BREAK OUT OF THE TEENS. BEGINNING TONIGHT WE START TO SEE SIGNS OF THE WARM UP AS THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS TO OUR EAST AND A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRAL PLAINS STORM SPREADS MOISTURE AND INCREASINGLY WARMER AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR AREA. WITH THE CURRENT SUB-FREEZING AIRMASS IN PLACE THE ARRIVAL OF THE WARM AIR WILL BRING A PERIOD OF MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION AS THE ATMOSPHERE WARMS FROM THE MID-LEVELS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WE HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING THIS FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS IN OUR FORECAST GRIDS AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. INITIALLY ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS WILL BE COMPLETELY BELOW FREEZING WHEN MOISTURE FIRST ARRIVES. EXPECT SNOW AT THE ONSET ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND SPREADING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER... GENESEE VALLEY AND WESTERN FINGER LAKES. THEN FORECAST SOUNDING FROM VARIOUS MODELS STILL SHOW A PRONOUNCED WARM NOSE DEVELOPING AS THE WARM AIR ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST LIFTS UP AND OVER THE COLD DENSE AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CAUSE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO BEGIN TO MIX IN POSSIBLY BRINGING ICY CONDITIONS TO THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AS EARLY AS SUNRISE MONDAY. SNOWFALL...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE SUB-WARNING CRITERIA FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER DUE TO THE QUICKLY ARRIVING WARM AIR AND EXPECTED RAPID CHANGEOVER TO RAIN BY MID MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE ISSUED TODAY TO COVER FOR THE WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION ARRIVING LATE TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS RISK IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THIS PERIOD WILL MARK A SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION TO MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A RETURN TO UNSETTLED WEATHER AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND WESTERN/NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE BEING THE TIMING/LOCATION OF MIXED PRECIPITATION AS WE TRANSITION FROM SUB-FREEZING TO WELL ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. AS WE OPEN THE WORK WEEK MONDAY MORNING...WE WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW SPREADING ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE IN THE BUFFALO-ROCHESTER METRO AREAS. FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...THINGS BECOME MESSIER CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PROPER AS WARM AIR ALOFT PUSHES OVERHEAD WHILE SURFACE TEMPS WILL BE SLOWER TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING...PARTICULAR IN THE STEEPER VALLEYS INLAND FROM THE LAKES...CREATING THE LIKELIHOOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME. AS THE FRONT PUSHES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...THIS AXIS OF MIXED PRECIP WILL ALSO PUSH ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER AND GENESEE VALLEYS TO SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN THEN TO RAIN WILL LIKELY BE RELATIVELY RAPID ALONG THE LAKE PLAINS WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BEING CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN TIER AND FINGER LAKES WHERE THE SURFACE TEMPS WILL BE SLOWER TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE MORNING. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS THESE AREAS...BUT WILL IN COORDINATION WITH NEIGHBORING WFOS WILL ALLOW ONE MORE SHIFT TO PERUSE LATEST MODEL DATA BEFORE ROLLING OUT ANY ADVISORIES. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH READINGS CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 30S TO AROUND 40 BY LATE AFTERNOON WHILE THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL STILL BE BELOW FREEZING...WITH SNOW FALLING. THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY MONDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW CHANGING OVER TO MIXED PRECIPITATION. AS WITH THE FINGER LAKES AND SOUTHERN TIER...SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MAY BE A PARTICULAR PROBLEM IN THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY WHERE COLD AIR MAY BE SLOWER TO SCOUR OUT WHILE ELSEWHERE PRECIP WILL BE IN THE FOR OF RAIN SHOWERS IN A MUCH WARMER AIRMASS BEHIND THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ONGOING WARM ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL OFFSET DIURNAL COOLING RESULTING IN TEMPS THAT WILL WARM SLIGHTLY INTO THE LOWER 40S OVERNIGHT EXCEPT ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY WHERE READINGS WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING EXCEPT NEAR LAKE ONTARIO. FOR TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WE WILL SEE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING ACROSS THE AREA AS A SURFACE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO LINGER ACROSS THE STATE. POPS INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AS ANOTHER WAVE OF WARM AIR SURGES NORTH ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES... ALLOWING FOR ALREADY COMPARATIVELY BALMY TEMPS TO CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S...AROUND 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AS WITH MONDAY NIGHT...EXPECT READINGS TO REMAIN STEADY OVERNIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO WARM THROUGH THE NIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL USHER IN YET ANOTHER DRAMATIC CHANGE FOR THE MIDWEEK. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS TO BE VERY MILD TO START OFF...WITH TEMPS PEAKING IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S IN THE MORNING BEFORE DROPPING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THE GFS CONTINUES TO PUSH THE COLDER AIR ACROSS THE REGION FASTER THAN THE REST OF THE GLOBAL MODEL SUITE...AND SO WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN ON THE ECMWF/HPC GUIDANCE. EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OFF IN THE AFTERNOON...STILL EXPECT CONDITIONS TO REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THE PRECIP TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS DURING WEDNESDAY...BEFORE MIXING/WITH CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS AS IT TAPERS OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF WEDNESDAY'S COLD FRONT...THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT BROAD UPPER TROUGHING WILL BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES TUMBLING BACK TO WELL BELOW AVERAGE AS PROGRESSIVELY COLDER AIR FLOODS EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. WHILE THE INCOMING COLDER AIRMASS DOES NOT LOOK TO BE NEARLY QUITE AS COLD AS THE ONE THAT HAS AFFECTED OUR REGION FOR MUCH OF THIS PAST WEEK...850 MB TEMPS STILL LOOK TO DROP TO THE VICINITY OF -18C TO -20C...WHICH WILL BE PLENTY COLD ENOUGH TO RESULT IN DAYTIME HIGHS FALLING BACK TO AROUND 20 BY FRIDAY...AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS DOWNWIND OF THE LAKES. WHILE IT IS STILL WAY TOO EARLY TO DEFINITIVELY PIN DOWN EXACTLY WHICH AREAS THE LAKE SNOWS MIGHT FOCUS ON...EARLY INDICATIONS FROM BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF SUGGEST THAT THE LAKE EFFECT ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP IN A WESTERLY FLOW REGIME LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...THEN GRADUALLY INTENSIFY OVER TIME AS AN INITIALLY DRY AIRMASS MOISTENS IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH. BOTH GUIDANCE PACKAGES ARE THEN IN ROUGH AGREEMENT ON THIS TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION SOMETIME BETWEEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE FIRST PART OF FRIDAY...WITH THE PREVAILING LOW LEVEL FLOW GOING MORE NORTHWESTERLY FOLLOWING ITS PASSAGE. ALL OF THIS WOULD SUGGEST THE STRONGEST AND MOST ORGANIZED LAKE SNOWS INITIALLY DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TYPICALLY FAVORED SOUTHERN TIER AND TUG HILL SNOWBELTS ON THURSDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING TO AREAS SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. CONSIDERING BOTH THE ABOVE AND THE DAY 5-6 TIME FRAME...FOR NOW WILL JUST KEEP POPS FOR THE THURSDAY-FRIDAY PERIOD IN THE CHANCE RANGE... WHILE INDICATING SOME BROAD AREAS OF SOMEWHAT HIGHER PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES WITHIN THE FAVORED AREAS OUTLINED ABOVE. OUTSIDE OF THE MOST FAVORED AREAS...WILL HAVE SOMEWHAT LOWER CHANCE POPS IN PLAY BOTH TO COVER THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THE SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH...AND TO ALSO REFLECT THE INHERENT UNCERTAINTY IN DELINEATING SPECIFIC AREAS OF LAKE EFFECT THIS FAR OUT. TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT A WEAK CLIPPER-TYPE SYSTEM WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE MEAN TROUGH AND WORK INTO OUR REGION SOMETIME BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING A MORE GENERAL CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS BACK INTO THE AREA AS IT APPROACHES...WHILE ALSO INFLUENCING THE EVOLUTION OF THE LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELD TO SOME DEGREE...WHICH IN TURN WILL ALSO IMPACT THE ULTIMATE POSITION AND STRENGTH OF ANY LAKE SNOWS. AS THIS TIME FRAME IS ALMOST A WEEK AWAY AND THE GUIDANCE EXHIBITS THE USUAL DISAGREEMENTS/MODEL UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT... FOR NOW WILL JUST TREND POPS BACK TO THE BROADBRUSH LOW CHANCE RANGE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION AT THE PRESENT TIME. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...ALTHOUGH SOME PATCHY 2-3K FOOT CIGS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND FINGER LAKES...BUT THESE WILL ERODE BY 20Z. THE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHERLY AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS BY 12Z. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT OVERSPREADING OUR SUB-FREEZING AREA WILL BRING A PERIOD OF MIXED WINTRY OF PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE PRIME THREAT TIME FOR THIS WINTRY MIX AT KJHW/KBUF/KIAG WILL BE FROM 07Z-15Z AND FOR KROC FROM 10Z-18Z. BEYOND THESE TIME FRAMES...THE AIR MASS WILL WARM ENOUGH FOR A CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. OUTLOOK... MONDAY NIGHT...MVFR/IFR WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION LIKELY KART. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY ELSEWHERE. TUESDAY...MVFR WITH RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. WEDNESDAY...MVFR/IFR WITH RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MVFR/LOCALIZED IFR IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE LAKES WILL BRING TRANQUIL CONDITIONS FOR TODAY BEFORE A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE LAKES TONIGHT BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION BY MONDAY MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES ALONG THE NORTHERN LAKE SHORES BUT EXPECT THESE REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA. && .BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SMITH NEAR TERM...SMITH/TMA SHORT TERM...WOOD LONG TERM...JJR/WOOD AVIATION...TMA MARINE...SMITH/WOOD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:41 AM EST, 10 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 441 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-280945- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 441 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL INITIALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...BUT AS THE LOW LEVELS WARM UP EXPECT A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER COMPLETELY TO RAIN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS INTERIOR VALLEYS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER...THE FINGER LAKES...AND THE NORTH COUNTRY WHERE COLD AIR WILL LINGER FOR SEVERAL HOURS LONGER THAN ACROSS THE LAKE PLAINS. BY TUESDAY MORNING ALL AREAS SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING WITH ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION FALLING AS RAIN. IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ACROSS THE SNOWBELTS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES THAT WILL LAST INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 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 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-280945- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- 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- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 441 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 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 HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
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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.