FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM
SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MOHAWK VALLEY...UPPER HUDSON
VALLEY INCLUDING THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND FOR THE BERKSHIRES.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING BY THIS
TIME THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES WITH WARMER AIR WORKING IN
ALOFT...THUS FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN
IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEST OF
THE HUDSON RIVER.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID WEST WILL
MOVE LITTLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN
TONIGHT AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVER THE
WEEKEND. IN THE MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERNIGHT...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 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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