Billsman
December 24th, 2007, 9:57:22 AM
It's great outside, it's been snowing since Sunday afternoon. The weather people are reporting @ 1" an hour. God it's beautiful!
New York Watches and Warnings
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
823 AM EST MON DEC 24 2007
NYZ001>003-010>013-085-241500-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
823 AM EST MON DEC 24 2007
...LAKE SNOWS MOVING SOUTH...
AT 815 AM...AN INTENSE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXTENDED FROM
SILVER CREEK TO HAMBURG TO WEST SENECA TO BATAVIA TO ROCHESTER. IT
HAS SETTLED SOUTH SEVERAL MILES DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT A FEW MORE MILES SOUTH THROUGH 10 AM. SNOW WILL
FALL AT AN INCH PER HOUR WITHIN THIS BAND. THIS BAND WAS EMBEDDED
IN A LARGER AREA OF LIGHTER SNOW WHICH STILL COVERED MOST OF
ERIE...GENESEE...AND MONROE COUNTIES. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE
STEADIER SNOW HAD REACHED A TONAWANDA TO ALBION LINE.
THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY EASE ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE BUFFALO
METRO AREA THROUGH 10 AM WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY FOCUSING
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CITY FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS LOOK FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES BY NOON ACROSS
SOUTHERN ERIE...WYOMING...SOUTHERN GENESEE AND INTO WESTERN MONROE
COUNTY...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH ELSEWHERE. WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH
TO PUSH THE INTENSE LAKE SNOWS ACROSS THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA AS
WELL...BUT THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN AND SHIFT SOUTH THERE AS
WELL AFTER 9 AM. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STILL RESULT
IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SO EXERCISE CAUTION IN
YOUR MORNING COMMUTE.
New York Watches and Warnings
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
823 AM EST MON DEC 24 2007
NYZ001>003-010>013-085-241500-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
823 AM EST MON DEC 24 2007
...LAKE SNOWS MOVING SOUTH...
AT 815 AM...AN INTENSE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXTENDED FROM
SILVER CREEK TO HAMBURG TO WEST SENECA TO BATAVIA TO ROCHESTER. IT
HAS SETTLED SOUTH SEVERAL MILES DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT A FEW MORE MILES SOUTH THROUGH 10 AM. SNOW WILL
FALL AT AN INCH PER HOUR WITHIN THIS BAND. THIS BAND WAS EMBEDDED
IN A LARGER AREA OF LIGHTER SNOW WHICH STILL COVERED MOST OF
ERIE...GENESEE...AND MONROE COUNTIES. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE
STEADIER SNOW HAD REACHED A TONAWANDA TO ALBION LINE.
THE LAKE SNOWS WILL GRADUALLY EASE ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE BUFFALO
METRO AREA THROUGH 10 AM WITH THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY FOCUSING
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CITY FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS LOOK FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES BY NOON ACROSS
SOUTHERN ERIE...WYOMING...SOUTHERN GENESEE AND INTO WESTERN MONROE
COUNTY...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH ELSEWHERE. WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH
TO PUSH THE INTENSE LAKE SNOWS ACROSS THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA AS
WELL...BUT THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WEAKEN AND SHIFT SOUTH THERE AS
WELL AFTER 9 AM. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STILL RESULT
IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SO EXERCISE CAUTION IN
YOUR MORNING COMMUTE.