SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 437 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 645 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...FRESH SNOWFALL CREATING SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TRAVELERS ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY WILL BE DEALING WITH A FRESH COVER OF SLIPPERY SNOW ON
PAVEMENTS LEFT UNTREATED THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH BY 8
AM...THE SNOW CAN CREATE PARTICULARLY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WHERE THE
TEMPERATURE IS CLOSE TO 32 DEGREES SINCE THE SNOW CAN PARTIALLY
MELT UPON BEING COMPACTED BY TIRE OR FOOT...AND THEN REFREEZE ON
UNTREATED PAVEMENTS. POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING AS THE SNOW ATTEMPTS TO TRANSITION TO RAIN.
SO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES TRAVELERS TO BE EXTRA
CAREFUL WALKING AND DRIVING DUE TO THIS HAZARDOUS CONDITION THIS
MORNING...AND TO ALLOW FOR SOME EXTRA TRAVEL TIME.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 411 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH MAY ALLOW FOR UNTREATED
ROADS TO BECOME SLICK.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE THAT DOES OCCUR COULD RESULT
IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TO OR FROM NEW
YEARS ACTIVITIES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF
SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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