000 FPUS71 KBUF 110956 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 553 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-111153- ALLEGANY-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-ERIE-GENESEE-NIAGARA-ORLEANS-WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BATAVIA...BUFFALO...JAMESTOWN...MEDINA... NIAGARA FALLS...OLEAN...WARSAW AND WELLSVILLE 553 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002 .NOW...THE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK. PATCHY DENSE FOG, ALONG WITH SOME SPOTTY DRIZZLE, WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIEST FOG WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. THE FOG SHOULD BEGIN TO BURN OFF AFTER 9, BUT IN SOME OF THE DEEPER VALLEYS SOUTH AND EAST OF BUFFALO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL 10 OR 11. $$