FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY FOR THE BERKSHIRES...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY.
PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED TO
OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...AND MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. IN THE
MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE DELMARVA
REGION WILL HEAD NORTHEAST TONIGHT.
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 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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