WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 833 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
* AS OF 830 PM STEADY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. 1 TO 3
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MIDNIGHT AND
CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE
POSSIBLE.
* WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY
THURSDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY
IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR
THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
JK
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