FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 555 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY.
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING... BEFORE BECOMING ALL RAIN. THE
TEMPERATURES SHOULD DIP TO BETWEEN 30 AND 32 AROUND SUNRISE...
BEFORE WARMING INTO THE MID 30S OCCURS BY MID MORNING.
A TRACE TO UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICING IS EXPECTED... WITH
THE HEAVIER GLAZING EXPECTED ON ELEVATED SURFACES... AND MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 AND 85 CORRIDOR.
THIS AMOUNT OF ICING MAY PRODUCE SOME ICY SPOTS ON ELEVATED
SURFACES INCLUDED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF WINSTON-SALEM TO GREENSBORO TO BURLINGTON TO HILLSBOROUGH TO
ROXBORO. THE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME ALL RAIN BY 800 OR
900 AM AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES.
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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