
WINTER ADVISORY: Possible 7″ of Snow Wednesday!
Here is the latest from the National Weather Service in Binghamton:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 403 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 NYZ046-130915- /O.NEW.KBGM.LE.Y.0002.160113T0000Z-160114T0000Z/ OTSEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ONEONTA 403 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...OTSEGO COUNTY IN NEW YORK. * HAZARD TYPES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IN NORTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY INCLUDING RICHFIELD SPRINGS...CHERRY VALLEY...AND COOPERSTOWN. * TIMING...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TODAY. BEHIND THAT SYSTEM...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHEN RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR MAY OCCUR. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS WILL TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY AS THE BANDS SHIFT BACK TO THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL. VERY POOR VISIBILITY. DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE IT CHALLENGING TO KEEP ROADS CLEAR. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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