WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND WESTERN FINGER LAKES.
* TIMING...OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
* HAZARDS...INITIALLY A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT
THURSDAY NIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO HEAVY SNOW FRIDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING LESS THAN ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING...ANY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
THAT OCCURS WILL STAY FROZEN ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.
PARTICULARLY WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THAT...ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS COULD BECOME VERY SLIPPERY MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...LOW TO MEDIUM ON THE SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. MEDIUM TO HIGH ON THE HEAVY SNOW
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...
REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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.