- Lake Effect Snow Watch for Onondaga County, New York
- Lake Effect Snow Watch issued April 01 at 4:21AM EDT until April 03 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 4:21 a.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11 a.m.
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO AND SOUTHERN LEWIS
COUNTIES.
* TIMING...EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 10 INCHES IN
THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOWS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN TUG HILL.
* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...LAKE SNOWS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO.
* FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...DESPITE MODELS SHOWING IDEAL LAKE EFFECT
CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SOUTHEAST OF
LAKE ONTARIO...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE LOCATION
OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWS AND TO WHAT EXTENT THE EFFECTS OF THE
APRIL SUN WILL HAVE ON LAKE BAND ORGANIZATION DURING THE DAYTIME
HOURS. THIS LEADS TO MODERATE FORECAST CONFIDENCE.
- Lake Effect Snow Watch for Onondaga County, New York
- Lake Effect Snow Watch issued February 03 at 2:19AM EST until February 05 at 7:00AM EST by NWS
- Effective: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 2:19 a.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 7 a.m.
...ANOTHER LAKE EFFECT SNOW STORM IS HEADING FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...
.A NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLD AIR WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AND BRING THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT
SNOWS BACK TO CENTRAL NEW YORK. THE FLOW OF COLD AIR WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO AND INTO THE WATCH AREA MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS, ALONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS.
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL NEW YORK INCLUDING THE SYRACUSE...AND
UTICA/ROME AREAS.
* HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW
VISIBILITY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...GREATER THAN 7 INCHES...WITH MUCH HEAVIER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS.
* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
* TEMPERATURES...MAX TEMPS AROUND 20.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING
WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THESE CONDITIONS MAY
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.