WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 400 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM EST SUNDAY.
SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO
A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY MORNING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH OVER
EASTERN AREAS TO UP TO 4 INCHES OVER WESTERN AREAS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A LOW IMPACT ON THE ADVISORY AREA. A
COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO SOME
MINOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY BE LIMITED
TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN SNOW OR SLEET. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROAD
SURFACES...SIDEWALKS...VEHICLES AND TREES. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AS UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
WILL LIKELY HAVE A THIN COATING OF ICE AND WILL BE SLIPPERY.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING.
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