Friday, January 20, 2012

National Westher Service Winter Weather Advisory

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST
SATURDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT...
  FALLING WITH VARYING INTENSITY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
  WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE
  PRECIPITATION ENDS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF SLIPPERY DRIVING AND WALKING...ESPECIALLY ON
  UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS NEED TO USE CAUTION
  WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE ICY SPOTS CAN
  EASILY DEVELOP.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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