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LOZ043 Hamlin Beach To Mexico Bay Along Lake Ontario Including Irondequoit Bay- 404 Am Est Mon Dec 9 2019
.small craft advisory in effect from late tonight through late Tuesday night...
Today..South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers early, then showers from late morning on. Waves 2 feet or less.
Tonight..South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
Tuesday..West winds 15 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots. A chance of rain showers in the morning, then snow and rain showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 feet building to 6 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet.
Tuesday night..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 5 to 15 knots. Lake effect snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet.
Wednesday..Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. Lake effect snow showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 7 to 11 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet.
Thursday..West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots. Lake effect snow showers likely during the day. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.
Friday..South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast. A chance of rain showers Friday night. Waves 2 feet or less. The water temperature off rochester is 42 degrees.
.small craft advisory in effect from late tonight through late Tuesday night...
Today..South winds 15 to 20 knots. A chance of showers early, then showers from late morning on. Waves 2 feet or less.
Tonight..South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest. Showers. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.
Tuesday..West winds 15 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots. A chance of rain showers in the morning, then snow and rain showers likely in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 7 feet building to 6 to 10 feet. Waves occasionally around 13 feet.
Tuesday night..Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southwest 5 to 15 knots. Lake effect snow showers likely in the evening, then a chance of snow showers overnight. Waves 5 to 8 feet subsiding to 1 to 2 feet. Waves occasionally around 10 feet.
Wednesday..Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots becoming west. Lake effect snow showers. Waves 2 to 4 feet building to 7 to 11 feet. Waves occasionally around 14 feet.
Thursday..West winds 5 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20 knots. Lake effect snow showers likely during the day. Waves 3 to 6 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.
Friday..South winds 15 to 20 knots becoming southeast. A chance of rain showers Friday night. Waves 2 feet or less. The water temperature off rochester is 42 degrees.
LOZ043 Expires:201912091615;;079602
FZUS51 KBUF 090904
NSHBUF
Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
404 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2019
For waters within five nautical miles of shore
Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest
1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of
the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.
LOZ043-044-091615-
7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Webster, NY
Hourly EDIT Helplocation: 43.22, -77.42 debug
Area Discussion for - Buffalo, NY
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Buffalo NY 357 PM EST Mon Dec 9 2019
SYNOPSIS. Low pressure will move across the central Great Lakes resulting in above normal temperatures and rain showers through this evening. A cold front will sweep across the region late tonight which will be followed by gusty winds and colder air and some lake effect snow showers Tuesday afternoon through Thursday. High pressure will move across the region and bring a return to dry weather for Thursday night and Friday.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/. Steady rain has moved into far western New York early this afternoon, and this area will continue to spread across the rest of the area through the afternoon hours. Temperatures are mainly in the 40s across the region, with the warmest in areas across the lake plains where a southerly downslope flow will maintain afternoon temperatures around 50. Temperatures will remain well above normal, perhaps even rising a few more degrees this evening just before a cold front reaches the area.
An upper level trough will dig across the Great Lakes region through tonight, while a surface low strengthens as it tracks across the central Great Lakes this afternoon and into southwestern Quebec by tonight. A south-southwest low level jet of 45-50 knots will provide warm air and moisture advection and favorable jet dynamics will support a round of widespread rain. Rainfall amounts heavily influenced by upsloping, with higher resolution guidance showing localized amounts exceeding an inch, while the majority of the area will get between a half inch and an inch of rain. It's worth noting that the upslope precipitation was overdone earlier today, probably because the boundary layer was not saturated. Once the steady rain arrives, the upslope enhancement will occur, but mesoscale guidance will likely be a bit overdone with its QPF because of this late start.
A still deepening surface low will move across central and northern Quebec on Tuesday, with a trailing cold front crossing the eastern Great Lakes late tonight into Tuesday. There will be a few hours with gusty winds just behind this front. These will be strongest east and northeast of the lakes where gusts to 45 mph are expected. Tuesday morning will remain windy, then winds will gradually diminish Tuesday afternoon.
The majority of the large scale forcing and moisture transport will be associated with the warm advection regime well ahead of the cold front. The actual cold front will only produce a few brief showers as it moves east across the area early in the day. Developing upslope flow will allow showers to linger a little longer across the higher terrain east of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Precipitation will change over to wet snow in these upslope areas, but any accumulation will be minimal. Temperatures will still be in the 40s before daybreak, but will drop through the 30s during the day with moderately strong cold advection in the wake of the cold front.
A secondary cold front will drop across Lake Ontario late Tuesday afternoon. This will provide a brief uptick in lake effect snows southeast of Lake Ontario as it captures a weak lake convergence band and moves it onshore. Even so, snow accumulations during the day Tuesday will be localized, and generally 2 inches or less.
SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/. Low pressure will continue to head northeast and deeper into Quebec Canada late Tuesday. As it does so, it will send a weak secondary cold front from west to east through the Lower Lakes. There may be a brief uptick in lake effect snow showers south and southeast of the lakes with its passage but nothing significant. In its wake, lakes snows will likely weaken despite a colder air mass advecting into the eastern Great Lakes with H850T falling to -12C/-14C. Additionally, lake effect snows will be hampered by the fairly dry air mass filtering into the region, along with wind shear which will not provide a good environment for efficient lake snows. So with that said, lake snows off Lake Ontario will not completely shut down. It's possible that an upstream connection to the Georgian Bay will maintain some lake snows. Although, accumulations will be minor Tuesday night. Off Lake Erie, it will be a completely different story and without any upstream moisture available. The short fetch and dry air mass will likely shut it down almost completely, at least for a period. Expect only a few snow showers and minimal accumulations, if any at all.
Wednesday really is the ball game, this is when there will be the potential for a brief window of decent accumulating lake effect snows. A short wave trough and clipper low will race by to the north of the area. It will send its cold front through the eastern Great Lakes by mid to late in the afternoon. The cold front itself will do little, with nothing more than a few light snow showers. However, it will introduce a more favorable lake effect environment. Convergence along the advancing cold front will merge with pre-existing lake induced convergence over both lakes, resulting in intensifying bands of lake effect snow. Lake induced equilibrium levels will briefly rise to 10-11K feet with the passage of the clipper as moisture improves and a pool of cold air aloft crosses the eastern Great Lakes. A favorably deep mixed phase layer will be located within the cloud bearing layer, yielding dendritic growth.
Off Lake Erie .
A weak lake band will move back north across the Buffalo metro area very early Wednesday morning ahead of the front. As the front approaches the area the band will intensify rapidly across Northern Erie and a portion of Niagara county. It will then cross again the Buffalo metro area with an intense burst of lake effect snow from an added boost of synoptic support from the front, and increasing lake induced instability. The intense band will then move from Buffalo all the way down to Chautauqua County and push inland through the Southern Tier through the late afternoon. The band of snow will continue for a few hours across the western Southern Tier Wednesday evening before quickly weakening as inversion heights lower, shear increases, and moisture decreases with high pressure building over Lake Erie.
The fast pace of the southward band drift will greatly limit accumulations, even though the band of snow may become quite heavy. right now, estimates suggest 1-4 inches from the Buffalo Metro area into portions of Genesee County, and 2-5 inches across the higher terrain of Southern Erie/Wyoming counties into the Chautauqua Ridge. Even though amounts will be limited, if the brief burst of heavy snow materializes it would produce very difficult travel for a few hours. Winds will also gust 30-35 knots around this time, producing blowing and drifting snow.
Off Lake Ontario .
Expect a similar trend on Lake Ontario. The disorganized lake effect snow showers over the lake will push to the northeast end to near Kingston Ontario, possibly clipping Cape Vincent in northern Jefferson County. The band of snow will then intensify during the early to mid afternoon as the front approaches and synoptic support/instability improve. This intensifying band of snow will then move southeast across Jefferson County, crossing the Tug Hill region during the evening. The band will reach maximum intensity during this time frame as the best lake parameters line up with a period of upslope flow across the Tug Hill. The band will continue to march steadily southeast overnight, with a WNW to ESE oriented band of weakening lake snow moving into northern Cayuga/Wayne counties. A few snow showers may also clip the south shore farther west overnight from eastern Niagara to Monroe counties as boundary layer flow veers.
Similar to Lake Erie, the short residence time of the band in any one location will limit accumulations. Expect 2-4 inches across the lower elevations of the eastern Lake Ontario region, with up to 6 inches across the Tug Hill Plateau. Wayne and northern Cayuga counties may see a few inches overnight Wednesday. While amounts are not overly impressive, this band may produce difficult travel for a few hours with heavy snow and 30-35 knot wind gusts producing blowing and drifting.
High pressure builds overhead Thursday with any lake snows in the morning quickly diminishing off both lakes. Any additional accumulations in the morning will likely be minor, with the best chances off Lake Ontario. This is where an additional inch or so could be found. Other than that, expect one more cold day across the eastern Great Lakes with highs peaking in the 20s areawide. Thursday night, the surface high exits off to our east and then relocates off the coast of Nova Scotia by Friday. Lows Thursday night will fall back into the upper teens to low for Western NY into the Finger Lakes region, while single digits to low teens will be found east of Lake Ontario by daybreak. Friday, return flow around the high will initiate a fast warming trend, with temperatures returning to near normal.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/. A complex system will then cross our region this weekend. A southern stream trough will support low pressure developing over the Gulf coast Friday. The resulting low will move almost due north, with one low center moving up the west side of the Appalachians and into the eastern Great Lakes by Saturday, with a second weak lee side low moving up the eastern seaboard. This southern stream trough will phase with a northern stream trough moving towards the western lakes, allowing an expansive area of deep layer ascent to move north across our area late Friday night and Saturday. This will produce another round of rain areawide. There is a small chance the rain may start as a wintry mix across the North Country if precipitation begins early enough, otherwise this looks to be an all rain event as temperatures warm into the 40s on Saturday.
The northern stream portion of this phasing system will then cross the eastern Great Lakes Saturday night and Sunday, producing additional chances of rain and wet snow showers as colder air moves back into the region. Highs Sunday will be in the mid to upper 30s.
Sunday night, dry weather will returns as high pressure moves east and builds into the eastern Great Lakes. Dry and fair weather will likely continue Monday as high pressure moves over the area.
AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/. Ongoing warm air advection will support increasing low level moisture with rain expected across the region this afternoon and early evening. Ceilings will lower quickly following the arrival of rain. Southerly downsloping will limit the drop to MVFR ceilings at most locations with the exception of KJHW which does not benefit from this downsloping.
Winds will shift to the SSW and briefly diminish ahead of a frontal boundary this evening. This may allow KBUF/KIAG to briefly drop to IFR in lower cigs and possibly fog. Fog also is likely at KJHW where LIFR conditions are expected. The also will be a period with LLWS ahead of this boundary at most TAF sites.
Winds will shift to the WSW and rapidly increase behind the cold front which will move through the area between 07Z and 12Z. There may be some lingering rain or snow showers across higher terrain. Cigs will gradually lift to the MVFR/VFR flight category through Tuesday afternoon.
Outlook .
Tuesday . MVFR with rain showers ending from west to east. Snow showers possible late. Wednesday . IFR within lake effect snow east of the lakes. Thursday . VFR with localized IFR in lake effect snow showers east of the lakes. Friday . VFR. Saturday . MVFR. Rain likely.
MARINE. A cold front will move across the lower Great Lakes late tonight, and this will produce gusty southwest winds which will require Small Craft headlines for the nearshores and Buffalo Harbor. There was some concern that 40 knot 925 mb winds would result in gales on Lake Erie, but with surface temperatures still near 40 behind the front expect these winds aloft will not effectively mix to the surface.
Winds will briefly diminish Tuesday night when a surface ridge builds across the region. Then another cold front will move across the waters on Wednesday, and this will benefit from strong cold air advection and much colder surface temperatures. This may produce low-end gales on Lake Ontario where a Gale Watch was issued as outlined below. Elsewhere is likely to require another round of small craft headlines.
High pressure will then move across the lower Great Lakes Thursday and then into New England on Friday.
HYDROLOGY. A period of warmer temperatures will cause snow melt which will add to run-off from rain on today through Tuesday. For most basins, rainfall amounts will be less than an inch and the snow pack in place is limited, resulting in little risk for flooding.
There is a bit more snow pack in place in the Black River basin, with Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) values in the 1-2 inch range. Model guidance shows a bit more QPF here, with 1-1.5 inches across localized favorable upslope regions. Latest RFC forecast has Boonville reaching action stage by late Tuesday, with Watertown approaching action stage Thursday. Mesoscale guidance has overdone upslope precipitation early in the event, suggesting the higher amounts this has shown will be a bit overdone. MMEFS ensembles show a fairly high likelihood that Black River forecast points will reach action stage, but very low probabilities of flooding.
Based on this, have discussed this risk in the HWO. The most likely outcome remains action stage, but the situation bears watching. The greatest risk is if temperatures are warmer than expected. If this happens then the additional snow melt would be a concern, but for now there is not enough confidence to issue any flood headlines.
BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. NY . None. MARINE . Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 4 AM EST Thursday for LEZ040-041. Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Tuesday for LEZ020. Gale Watch from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening for LOZ044-045-062>065. Small Craft Advisory from 4 AM Tuesday to 1 AM EST Wednesday for LOZ043-044. Small Craft Advisory from 1 AM to 10 PM EST Tuesday for LOZ042. Small Craft Advisory from 4 AM to 10 PM EST Tuesday for LOZ045.
SYNOPSIS . Apffel NEAR TERM . Apffel SHORT TERM . AR/Hitchcock LONG TERM . AR/Hitchcock AVIATION . Apffel/TMA/Zaff MARINE . Apffel/TMA HYDROLOGY . Apffel
Weather Reporting Stations
EDIT (on/off) Help NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | Pressure | DewPt |
| RPRN6 - Rochester, NY | 10 mi | 66 min | S 11 G 15 | 44°F | ||||
| RCRN6 - 9052058 - Rochester, NY | 11 mi | 66 min | 43°F | 999.6 hPa (-4.7) | ||||
| OSGN6 - 9052030 - Oswego, NY | 51 mi | 66 min | SSE 13 G 20 | 1001.5 hPa (-4.8) |
Wind History for Oswego, NY
(wind in knots) EDIT (on/off) Help| 5 PM | 6 PM | 7 PM | 8 PM | 9 PM | 10 PM | 11 PM | 12 AM | 1 AM | 2 AM | 3 AM | 4 AM | 5 AM | 6 AM | 7 AM | 8 AM | 9 AM | 10 AM | 11 AM | 12 PM | 1 PM | 2 PM | 3 PM | 4 PM | |
| Last 24hr | S G29 | S G27 | S G28 | S G30 | S G28 | S G33 | S G27 | S G24 | S G27 | S G20 | S G22 | S G21 | S G20 | S G18 | S G19 | SE G17 | S G19 | SE G18 | SE G14 | SE G18 | SE G18 | SE G17 | SE G19 | S G20 |
| 1 day ago | W G20 | W G20 | NW G18 | W G17 | NW | S | SE | S G14 | S G9 | S G12 | SE G15 | SE G14 | S G14 | SE G17 | SE G19 | S G21 | SE G22 | SE G21 | S G21 | S G25 | S G24 | S G26 | S G28 | S G31 |
| 2 days ago | NW | N G19 | NW G16 | NW G14 | NW | NW G11 | NW G9 | SE G6 | S | NW | NW | NW | NW G24 | NW G31 | NW G32 | W G28 | NW G32 | NW G25 | NW | NW G23 | NW G22 | NW G19 | W | W G20 |
Airport Reports
EDIT (on/off) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Visibility | Sky/Weather | Temp | DewPt | Humidity | Pressure |
| Rochester, Greater Rochester International Airport, NY | 15 mi | 72 min | S 13 G 22 | 10.00 mi | Light Rain | 45°F | 37°F | 77% | 1000.7 hPa |
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Wind History from ROC (wind in knots)
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| Last 24hr | S | SW | S G19 | S | S | S | S | SW | S | S | S | S | S | SW | SW | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S G22 | SW |
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