Alert archive / New York / Dense Fog Advisories in 2018
Dense Fog Advisory 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this dense fog advisory at May 4, 2018, 12:20 AM EDT for Erie County, Jefferson County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2018, 12:20 AM EDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2018, 5:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 333 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at May 3, 11:59 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 11:59 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 4:39 AM EDT, 19 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 439 AM EDT Thu May 3 2018 NYZ001-002-010-011-040915- Niagara-Orleans-Northern Erie-Genesee- 439 AM EDT Thu May 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Deepening low pressure will pass to the north of Lake Ontario on Friday, with a trailing cold front crossing the region between late Friday afternoon and early Friday evening. A brief period of strong winds remains possible out ahead of the cold front Friday afternoon, when wind gusts may reach as high as 55 mph. .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 NYZ003-004-012>014-019>021-085-040915- Monroe-Wayne-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus- Allegany-Southern Erie- 439 AM EDT Thu May 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected across the region today...with a few of the storms possibly becoming strong enough to produce some strong to potentially damaging wind gusts this afternoon and early this evening.. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Deepening low pressure will pass to the north of Lake Ontario on Friday, with a trailing cold front crossing the region between late Friday afternoon and early Friday evening. A brief period of strong winds remains possible out ahead of the cold front Friday afternoon, when wind gusts may reach as high as 55 mph along and northeast of Lake Erie, and to as high as 45 mph further inland. .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 NYZ005-006-040915- Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 439 AM EDT Thu May 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. Showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected across the region today...with a few of the storms possibly becoming strong enough to produce some strong to potentially damaging wind gusts this afternoon and early this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Deepening low pressure will pass to the north of Lake Ontario on Friday, with a trailing cold front crossing the region between late Friday afternoon and early Friday evening. A brief period of strong winds remains possible out ahead of the cold front Friday afternoon and early Friday evening, when wind gusts could reach as high as 50 mph. .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 NYZ007-008-040915- Jefferson-Lewis- 439 AM EDT Thu May 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Deepening low pressure will pass to the north of Lake Ontario on Friday, with a trailing cold front crossing the region between late Friday afternoon and early Friday evening. A brief period of strong winds remains possible out ahead of the cold front Friday afternoon and early Friday evening, when wind gusts could reach as high as 50 mph. .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-SLZ022-024-040915- 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- 439 AM EDT Thu May 3 2018 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 of widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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 JJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:58 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 19 hr |
| May 4, 4:02 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 16 hr | |
| May 4, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 57 min |
| May 4, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 55 min |
| May 4, 4:04 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Niagara, Orleans | 7 hr |
| May 4, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 4, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne | 35 min |
| May 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 33 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| May 4, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 22 min |
| May 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 61 min |
| May 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 58 min |
| May 4, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 61 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.