WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM
TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.
PRECIPITATION WILL ENTER THE SOUTHERN TIER CHRISTMAS
MORNING...LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL START
THE DAY NEAR FREEZING...WITH TEMPERATURES ALOFT SUGGESTING THAT
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW ARE ALL A POSSIBILITY. FREEZING RAIN
PRESENTS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES...WITH ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF
FREEZING RAIN ENOUGH TO MAKE ROADWAYS VERY SLICK. WHILE
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THOSE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER ON CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE AWARE THERE
MAY BE ICY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES
WILL GRADUALLY WARM THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT....WITH PRECIPITATION
TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW,
SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
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