WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR A SNOW AND SLEET AND BRIEF FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX BY FRIDAY
MORNING AND THEN TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY. SNOW WILL THEN BE LIKELY
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON FRIDAY
BEFORE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE ARE POSSIBLE
AT TIMES DURING THE LATE DAY HOURS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
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 VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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