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NOAA/NWS Binghamton, NY Wintry Mix This Afternoon through Tonight Prepared: 4:15 AM Tuesday 3/3/2015 Meteorologists: Mark Pellerito & Ted Champney FOR CENTRAL NY This area includes but is not limited to cities such as Syracuse, Utica, Ithaca, Elmira, Binghamton, and Oneonta. FOR NORTHEAST PA This area includes but is not limited to cities such as Towanda, Montrose, Scranton, and Wilkes- Barre. This Briefing applies to the NWS Binghamton Service Area only:
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National Weather Service Binghamton, N.Y., office public briefing on winter storm for March 3, 2015
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NOAA/NWS Binghamton, NY Wintry Mix This Afternoon through Tonight
Prepared: 4:15 AM Tuesday 3/3/2015
Meteorologists: Mark Pellerito & Ted Champney
FOR CENTRAL NY This area includes but is not limited to cities such as Syracuse, Utica, Ithaca, Elmira, Binghamton, and Oneonta.
FOR NORTHEAST PA This area includes but is not limited to cities such as Towanda, Montrose, Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre.
This Briefing applies to the NWS Binghamton
Service Area only:
Changes Since Last Briefing
• Quickened onset of snow this afternoon.
• Put focus of higher ice amounts in Northeast PA and some portions of Southern Tier-Western Catskills NY. Not as much ice farther north, but more snow.
Summary
• A quick burst of a few inches of snow will overspread the region this afternoon. Snow amounts and duration will be higher in Central NY.
• The Snow will change to a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain this evening, lasting through tonight. Some areas will get above freezing by Wednesday morning.
• Snow amounts 2-4 inches in Central NY and 1-2 inches in Twin Tiers into Northeast PA; ice amounts generally tenth to quarter inch with highest amounts in Northeast PA.
Impacts
• A combination of snowfall followed by a wintry mix will create hazardous driving conditions on untreated roads beginning This Afternoon, lasting through Tonight.
• The combination of minor ice accumulations and gusty winds Tonight could result in isolated power outages and minor tree damage.
Winter Weather Advisory For whole region. Generally beginning early afternoon in west and mid afternoon in east, lasting into Tonight. For specifics, go to www.weather.gov/bgm.
Approximate Onset of Accumulating Snow
Elmira
Boonville
Cortland
Binghamton
Ithaca
Geneva
Towanda
Wilkes-Barre
Penn Yan
Bath
Utica
Monticello
Oneonta
Delhi
Cooperstown
Montrose
Scranton
Syracuse
NOON
NOON
2 PM
2 PM
4 PM
4 PM
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