FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1137 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE BERKSHIRES...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS.
PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET
EARLY THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANGEOVER
TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE TODAY. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...AND
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON THIS AFTERNOON. IN
THE MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION WILL HEAD NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS
WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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