FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 946 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
SATURDAY FOR THE LITCHFIELD HILLS...MID HUDSON
VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS.
SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW AND SLEET OF A COATING TO AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...WITH WARMER
AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
SATURDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...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 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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