- Lake Effect Snow Watch for Lewis 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.