WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 431 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET WITH AN
INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING WITH WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT SATURDAY MORNING...THUS A
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN
RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR A PERIOD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE MIDWEST WILL
MOVE LITTLE TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AND
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY. IN THE
MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT...THEN HEAD NORTHEAST SATURDAY.
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 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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