WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW OR SLEET...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY
STARTING OFF AS PLAIN RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVER JUST
ABOVE FREEZING. ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
INTI ALLY WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR FREEZING. BY LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING
CHANGING THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW OR SLEET.
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO UP TO ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MADISON COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO EXPERIENCE A HEAVIER COATING OF
ICE WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20.
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL. ANYONE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR
DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
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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