WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1156 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EVENING.
PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT.
* WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING
INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR
THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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