FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 757 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...EASTERN CATSKILLS...UPPER HUDSON
VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL
REGION...HELDERBERGS...MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY...THE NORTHERN
TACONICS...AND THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE LAKE GEORGE REGION..
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 SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY TODAY.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE HELDERBERGS...AND EASTERN
CATSKILLS. FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE GREATER CAPITAL
DISTRICT...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH.
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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