LAKE EFFECT!!!

[Phantom]

Lake Effect Snow Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
344 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...A RETURN TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...

.A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND USHER IN A RETURN TO
COLDER AND MORE TYPICAL MID WINTER CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY. THE
AIRMASS WILL BECOME MARGINALLY COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT LAKE
ENHANCED SNOW ON TUESDAY...WITH COLDER AIR FILTERING INTO THE
REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY SUPPORTING PURE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW.

THE MOST PERSISTENT AND HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE TUG HILL REGION TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS
WILL BECOME MORE WEST-NORTHWEST LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SOUTHWARD INTO OSWEGO COUNTY. DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY WINDS
WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST ONCE AGAIN...WHICH WILL SHIFT LAKE
SNOWS BACK NORTH ACROSS THE TUG HILL BEFORE WEAKENING AND REACHING
THE WATERTOWN AREA LATER IN THE DAY.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
344 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS POSSIBLE EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
TUG HILL TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. LATER TUESDAY NIGHT THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW
AND SHIFT SOUTH INTO OSWEGO COUNTY. FINALLY ON WEDNESDAY THIS BAND
OF SNOW WILL SHIFT BACK NORTH ACROSS THE TUG HILL AND WEAKEN AS IT
LIFTS TOWARDS WATERTOWN LATER IN THE DAY.

AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED
TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU WHERE A
COMBINATION OF LAKE ENHANCEMENT AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL TAKE SHAPE.
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
TUG HILL. MUCH LESS ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVIER SNOW
IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF OSWEGO COUNTY LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

[PJ]

57 and pouring here in the Cuse today......   
Broke out the grill last night and cooked some brats for dinner...
Lets hope we get nailed with tons of snow for the rest of the winter...

Pj