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Why??????

#1 Postby nystate » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:12 pm

Why does this have to happen the year I leave Watertown??? I would LOVE to have snow on the ground before Halloween...it has been cold, rainy and cloudy in Watertown almost the entire fall, just the way I like it...why am I stuck down here where the average January high is in the 50s????

I MISS my home!!!

In case you are wondering what set me off-

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
405 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT...

.A STRONG AND COLD SYSTEM OVER OHIO WILL MERGE WITH THE REMNANTS
OF HURRICANE WILMA OVERNIGHT. THE COLD AIRMASS COMBINED WITH
ABUNDANT TROPICAL AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE WET SNOW OVER
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NY...GENERALLY ABOVE 1500
FEET.

NYZ006>008-250415-
/X.EXB.KBUF.WS.A.0001.051025T1600Z-051026T1200Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
405 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO OR MIX WITH
SNOW LATE TONIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN
6 INCHES OVER AREAS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO BEGINNING TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. AREAS NORTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM ABOUT OSWEGO TO FULTON MAY SEE SOME ACCUMULATIONS AS THE SNOW
LEVEL LOWERS TOWARD THE VALLEY FLOOR LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR
TUESDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER THESE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW 6 INCHES.

SINCE IT IS ONLY LATE OCTOBER AND THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF LEAVES
ON THE TREES...THIS TYPE OF HEAVY WET SNOW COULD EASILY DOWN TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH WOULD ONLY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU
ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR
THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

$$

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ007&warncounty=NYC045&local_place1=Watertown&product1=Winter+Storm+Watch
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