Heavy around Scranton PA
Posted by JAC on 10/16/2009, 7:24 am
 Winter Storm Watch URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 633 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 NYZ022-024-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-161845- /O.EXT.KBGM.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091016T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBGM.WS.A.0004.091017T1600Z-091018T1800Z/ STEUBEN-CHEMUNG-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HORNELL...ELMIRA... MONTICELLO...TOWANDA...SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK... SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE 633 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET THROUGH NOON...WITH A DUSTING IN THE VALLEYS MAINLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL LEAVE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN UP AND BEGIN TO MIX WITH RAIN BY 10 AM IN THE VALLEYS AND BY NOON ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE AREA. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-81 CORRIDOR. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S DURING THE DAY AND NEAR FREEZING AT NIGHT...A HEAVY AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS TYPE OF SNOW WOULD STICK TO TREES...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT STILL HAVE THEIR LEAVES...AND POWER LINES. BECAUSE OF THIS...POWER OUTAGES AND DAMAGE TO TREES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY...BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA. |
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Snow in N. England - Hurricane Ranger, 10/15/2009, 5:07 pm
- Fall cancelled - winter arrives - JAC, 10/16/2009, 9:12 am
- Re: Fall cancelled - winter arrives - dixieagle, 10/16/2009, 11:16 am
- Early Snow in Pennsylvania and New York - JAC, 10/16/2009, 9:08 am
- Re: Early Snow in Pennsylvania and New York - Conclue, 10/16/2009, 7:24 pm
- Thanks - Check the Huge LL Vorticity / Convergence - JAC, 10/16/2009, 7:17 am
- Re: Snow in N. England - Beachlover, 10/16/2009, 1:03 am
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