WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 757 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS.
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MAINLY SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE BY MID MORNING AS SURFACE
TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...WITH WARMER AIR WORKING IN
ALOFT. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR A PERIOD THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN
ADDITION...A COATING TO LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
MAINLY FREEZING RAIN.
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 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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