WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 639 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL...MAINLY
SOUTHEAST OF A MOUNT AYR TO DES MOINES TO MARSHALLTOWN LINE THIS
EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...PERIODS OF LIGHT
SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH WILL OCCUR. OCCASIONAL
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR INCHES EAST TO AS MUCH AS
10 INCHES WEST BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN
ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT AS VISIBILITY DROPS DURING PERIODS OF MORE
INTENSE SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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MOYER
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