WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1203 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY...UNTIL
5 AM EST SUNDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.
* A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS MOVED INTO
THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY. FREEZING DRIZZLE
AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AND
CONTINUE AS SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING SATURDAY MORNING.
PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB SLIGHTLY ABOVE
FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA ALLOWING FOR PLAIN
RAIN AT TIMES.
* ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...
ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN DURING THE
AFTERNOON WILL LESSEN TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER TIME WITH POCKETS OF
FREEZING RAIN BECOMING MORE ISOLATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ADIRONDACKS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION ENDS
DURING SATURDAY NIGHT AS A MIX OF SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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