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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

NYZ001-002-010-011-170900-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...BUFFALO...
BATAVIA
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

DATE           02/16/09      TUE 02/17/09            WED 02/18/09            THU
EST 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                15 18 21          35    24 28 30          38          30
TEMP          30 25 22 20 19 18 26 33 34 31 28 28 29 30 33 36 38 37 36 34 32 30
DEWPT         13 14 16 16 16 16 18 16 17 18 19 21 21 22 24 27 28 28 29 27 26 25
RH            49 62 77 84 88 92 71 49 49 58 68 75 72 72 69 69 67 70 75 75 78 81
WIND DIR      NW NW  W SW SW SW SW SW  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE  S SE  S SW  W SW
WIND SPD       9  5  4  3  3  5  8 10  8  3  6  8  9 11 16 18 13 10  6  4  9 10
WIND GUST                                                  28 24
CLOUDS        SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                      0           5          10          90          90
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0   0.19-0.35        0.28
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                                        D  D  D  D  D
SNOW                                               S  L  D              D  L  L
WIND CHILL    22 18          10 17 25 28    21 20 20 20 23 26 30 30 30    25 21
MIN CHILL        15    12     8     8    24    13    13    17    25    27    17


DATE           02/19  FRI 02/20/09  SAT 02/21/09  SUN 02/22/09  MON 02/23/09
EST 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          30      18    29      17    29      15    28      14    31
TEMP          28 28   22 21 28 24   19 17 28 23   18 15 27 22   17 14 30 26
DEWPT         24 21   17 16 15 16   15 15 16 16   15 14 14 14   13 12 16 16
PWIND DIR        SW       W     W       W     W       W     W       W     W
WIND CHAR        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         60      70    60      40    40      40    30      30    10
SNOW           L  L    L  L  L             C  C    C  C
SNOWSHWRS                       C    C  C                C  C    C  C

$$
NYZ019-085-170900-
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

DATE           02/16/09      TUE 02/17/09            WED 02/18/09            THU
EST 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                12 15 20          35    25 28 33          38    22 26 30
TEMP          28 22 19 18 16 15 25 34 35 32 29 29 28 28 33 37 37 38 37 32 29 27
DEWPT         13 13 14 14 14 14 16 15 15 16 18 18 19 19 23 25 27 27 28 25 24 22
RH            53 68 80 84 92 96 68 45 43 51 63 63 68 68 66 61 67 64 70 75 81 81
WIND DIR      NW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  W SW
WIND SPD       8  5  5  4  4  4  6  8  6  6 10 12 14 16 19 20 16 12  8  8 10 11
WIND GUST                                            26 29 33    23
CLOUDS        B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                      5           5          20          90          90
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0   0.24-0.38        0.32
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                                     D  D  D  D  D
SNOW                                               S  L  D              D  L  L
WIND CHILL    19 15 12 11 10  9 17 27    26 20 18 17 16 21 26 28 30 31 25 20 16
MIN CHILL        12     7     2     4    23    15    11    13    22    21    10


DATE           02/19  FRI 02/20/09  SAT 02/21/09  SUN 02/22/09  MON 02/23/09
EST 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          27      16    26      16    28      14    27      13    32
TEMP          24 23   19 17 26 22   18 16 27 22   17 14 26 21   16 13 30 24
DEWPT         20 18   15 13 13 14   14 14 15 14   13 12 14 14   12 11 16 16
PWIND DIR        SW       W     W       W     W      NW     W       W     W
WIND CHAR        BZ      WY    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 OV OV   OV OV OV OV   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         60      70    60      40    40      50    30      30    10
SNOW           L  L    L  L  L             C  C    C  C
SNOWSHWRS                       C    C  C                C  C    C  C

$$
NYZ012-020-021-170900-
WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

DATE           02/16/09      TUE 02/17/09            WED 02/18/09            THU
EST 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                 9 13 17          35          26          37    23 28 31
TEMP          27 21 17 16 14 13 23 34 35 31 28 27 27 27 31 34 36 37 36 33 30 28
DEWPT         11 12 13 13 13 12 14 13 12 13 15 16 16 17 20 23 25 26 27 25 25 22
RH            50 68 84 88 96 96 68 41 38 47 58 63 63 65 63 64 64 64 69 72 81 78
WIND DIR      NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W
WIND SPD       9  5  4  3  3  2  4  6  6  6 11 14 14 16 18 23 19 16 11  8 10 11
WIND GUST                                      25    26 33 35 29 28 23
CLOUDS        B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                      5           0          10          90          90
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0   0.16-0.32   0.27-0.33
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
FLURRIES      SC  S
RAIN                                                        D  D  D  D  D
SNOW                                                  C  D  D           D  L  L
WIND CHILL    18 13 11          17 28 29 25 18 15 15 14 20 22 25 27 29 26 22 18
MIN CHILL         7     2    -1     3    22    10    10    13    16    22    12


DATE           02/19  FRI 02/20/09  SAT 02/21/09  SUN 02/22/09  MON 02/23/09
EST 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          28      14    26      13    29      12    28      10    32
TEMP          26 22   18 15 25 21   16 13 27 22   16 12 27 20   14 10 30 23
DEWPT         20 17   14 12 12 13   13 13 14 14   13 11 13 13   11 10 14 14
PWIND DIR         W       W     W       W     W      NW     W       W     W
WIND CHAR        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 OV OV   OV OV OV OV   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         60      70    60      40    40      50    30      30    10
SNOW           L  L    L  L  L             C  C    C  C
SNOWSHWRS                       C    C  C                C  C    C  C

$$
NYZ003-004-013-014-170900-
MONROE-WAYNE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...GENESEO...
CANANDAIGUA
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

DATE           02/16/09      TUE 02/17/09            WED 02/18/09            THU
EST 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                12 17 20          36    22 25 28          38    26 32 34
TEMP          31 25 22 20 19 17 26 35 36 31 27 25 26 27 32 34 37 38 37 36 34 32
DEWPT         13 14 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 21 24 25 26 27 28 27 26
RH            47 62 77 84 88 96 68 47 47 58 68 74 74 71 63 66 61 62 67 72 75 78
WIND DIR      NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW  S SE SE  S  S SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  W
WIND SPD      10  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5 10 11 11 13 18 19 19 13 10  5  6  9
WIND GUST                                      25 26 28 33 37 33 28 24 16
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                      0           5          10          90          90
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0   0.14-0.24        0.27
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                                        D  D  D  D  D  D
SNOW                                                  S  L  D              L  L
WIND CHILL    23 18 16    13    20 29       17 15 15 15 21 22 27 29 29    28 24
MIN CHILL        15    11     5     6    21     8     8    12    20    25    17


DATE           02/19  FRI 02/20/09  SAT 02/21/09  SUN 02/22/09  MON 02/23/09
EST 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          32      18    30      17    28      15    29      14    32
TEMP          31 28   22 19 29 24   20 17 27 23   17 15 28 22   17 14 30 25
DEWPT         22 20   17 15 14 15   15 15 16 16   15 14 14 15   13 12 13 13
PWIND DIR         W       W     W       W     W       W     W       W     W
WIND CHAR        GN      BZ    WY      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         60      60    60      40    40      40    30      30    10
SNOW           L  L    L  L  L             C  C    C  C
SNOWSHWRS                       C    C  C                C  C    C  C

$$
NYZ005-006-170900-
NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

DATE           02/16/09      TUE 02/17/09            WED 02/18/09            THU
EST 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                 8 14 18          34          22    31 36 38    29 32 36
TEMP          28 22 19 17 16 14 24 32 34 29 24 22 22 23 30 31 34 36 35 35 34 32
DEWPT         14 14 14 14 14 13 16 17 16 17 17 16 16 16 20 22 23 23 25 29 28 27
RH            55 71 80 88 92 96 71 53 47 60 74 77 77 74 66 69 64 59 66 78 78 81
WIND DIR      NW NW  N  W SW SW SW SW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW
WIND SPD       8  5  2  2  2  3  4  4  3  6 10 11 12 14 17 17 20 18 14 12  8  6
WIND GUST                                                     31 29 25
CLOUDS        SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                      0           5          10          90          90
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0        0.13   0.27-0.34
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                                           D  D  D  D  D
SNOW                                                  S  C  D  D  D  D        L
WIND CHILL    20 15             18       21 14 11 10 10 18 20 22 25 25 27 28 26
MIN CHILL        12    11     6     2    19     9     7     9    16    18    23


DATE           02/19  FRI 02/20/09  SAT 02/21/09  SUN 02/22/09  MON 02/23/09
EST 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          34      20    29      16    28      14    28      13    29
TEMP          32 31   23 21 28 23   19 16 27 22   17 14 27 22   16 13 28 23
DEWPT         22 20   17 15 13 15   15 14 15 15   13 11 14 14   12 10 13 13
PWIND DIR         W       W     W       W     W      NW     W       W     W
WIND CHAR        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         70      60    60      40    30      40    30      30    10
SNOW           L  L    L  L  L             C  C    C  C
SNOWSHWRS                       C    C  C                C  C    C  C

$$
NYZ007-008-170900-
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
355 PM EST MON FEB 16 2009

DATE           02/16/09      TUE 02/17/09            WED 02/18/09            THU
EST 3HRLY     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3HRLY     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

MIN/MAX                 6  9 14          32    18 22 28          33          30
TEMP          27 19 15 13 11  9 20 30 32 27 23 22 22 22 29 32 31 32 32 34 34 31
DEWPT         13 14 14 12 10  9 15 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 19 22 24 25 26 25 25 24
RH            55 80 96 96 96100 81 55 51 63 71 74 74 74 66 66 75 75 78 69 69 75
WIND DIR      NW NW NE SW  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
WIND SPD       5  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  4  5  8 10 11 12 16 17 19 19 17 13  9  5
WIND GUST                                            23 26 28 34 34 29 25
CLOUDS        SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR                      0           0          10          90          90
QPF 12HR                      0           0           0   0.10-0.15   0.27-0.39
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                                                 D  D  D
SNOW                                                  S  C  L  D  D  D        D
WIND CHILL    21                13 24    21 14 12 11 10 17 21 18 21 21 25 27
MIN CHILL        10     6    -1    -1    18     7     4     7    15    16    22


DATE           02/19  FRI 02/20/09  SAT 02/21/09  SUN 02/22/09  MON 02/23/09
EST 6HRLY     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6HRLY     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

MAX/MIN          32      15    28      11    27      10    26       7    26
TEMP          31 28   19 16 27 20   14 11 26 20   14 10 25 18   11  7 25 21
DEWPT         24 21   16 12 13 15   13 10 14 14   10  7 13 13    9  6 11 11
PWIND DIR        SW      SW     W       W     W       N     W       W     W
WIND CHAR        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    OV OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         80      70    60      40    30      40    30      30    10
SNOW           D  L    L  L  L             C  C    C  C
SNOWSHWRS                       C    C  C                C  C    C  C

$$




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