WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1141 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY.
A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVER THE
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW LATER
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN
CHANGE BACK TO RAIN AND TAPER OFF FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY
SATURDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST SECTIONS
AND LOWEST AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHEAST. MOST AREAS WILL SEE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIER BANDS OF PRECIPITATION. THE
SNOW...SLEET MIX WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.
IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH...WILL DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS MAY RESULT
IN BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
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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