WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1140 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.
PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WILL END OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE NEGLIGIBLE.
THE MAIN CONCERN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY WILL BE THE
FREEZING OF RESIDUAL WATER ON ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SLICK SPOTS
WILL IMPACT TRAVEL...PARTICULARLY WHERE THE SNOWFALL WAS
HEAVIEST.
IN ADDITION...FREEZING FOG MAY DEPOSIT ICE ON MAINLY ELEVATED
SURFACES. WHEN SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING WITH
FOG PRESENT...THE FOG IS REFERRED TO AS FREEZING FOG. TYPICALLY...
ICE DEPOSITS RESULTING FROM FREEZING FOG ARE QUITE THIN...AND
MAY BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM WET PAVEMENT.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CONSIDERABLE CAUTION OVERNIGHT
AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. ICE MAY BE PRESENT...EVEN ON
ROADS THAT DID NOT ACCUMULATE SNOW.
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