WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 226 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY.
DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE
FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS BEFORE CHANGING TO FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS EARLY FRIDAY.
THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY RESULT A LIGHT GLAZE CAUSING SLICK SPOTS
ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS.
IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING DRIZZLE...UNTREATED WET PAVEMENT WILL
FREEZE RESULTING IN BLACK ICE. BLACK ICE IS HIGHLY TRANSPARENT AND
THUS IS DIFFICULT TO SEE. BLACK ICE FORMS FIRST ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE MEANS THAT PERIODS
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AND WALKWAYS...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
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