FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 429 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.
SNOW AND SLEET MOVED 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 THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH
FREEZING RAIN FOR A WHILE THIS MORNING. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR MIDDAY TODAY.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH
WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED TOWARDS DAY BREAK. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON
SATURDAY.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEST OF
THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE HELDERBERGS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS.
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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