WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11
PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING
BY THIS TIME THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES WITH WARMER AIR WORKING IN
ALOFT...THUS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. A CHANGEOVER
TO PLAIN RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR A PERIOD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...HOWEVER A CHANGEOVER BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND OR SLEET
IS EXPECTED.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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