000 FPUS71 KBUF 011444 NOWBUF SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY ISSUED BY NWS BINGHAMTON 1029 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2003 NYZ010-NYZ085-011800- ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 1029 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2003 .NOW... A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM. THE MOST PERSISTENT SHOWERS WILL EXTEND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM NEAR ANGOLA INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BUFFALO METRO AREA...THEN TO NEAR AKRON THROUGH ABOUT 12 NOON. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE BAND MAY BEGIN TO DRIFT SOUTH MORE INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. $$ NYZ012-011800- WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARSAW 1029 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2003 .NOW... LIGHT LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM. AFTER 12 NOON...MOST OF THE SHOWERS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. $$ NYZ011-011800- GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BATAVIA 1029 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2003 .NOW... SCATTERED AND LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS WILL DRIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH OF BATAVIA...INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM...EXPECT ANY SHOWERS TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA. $$ NYZ006-011800- OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSWEGO 1029 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2003 .NOW... A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME PERSISTENT THROUGH 2 PM OVER FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY NEAR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY LINE. THE SANDY CREEK AND LACONA AREAS SHOULD SEE MOST OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY. $$ NYZ007-008-011800- JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOWVILLE...WATERTOWN 1029 AM EDT WED OCT 1 2003 .NOW... A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME PERSISTENT THROUGH 2 PM FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY. THE BAND SHOULD EXTEND FROM ABOUT ELLISBURG TO MARTINSBURG TO NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF LOWVILLE. OUTSIDE OF THIS BAND, SHOWERS SHOULD BE OF THE HIT AND MISS VARIETY. $$ MJ