FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE MOHAWK VALLEY...TUG HILL PLATEAU
AND WESTERN CATSKILLS THIS EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING BY THIS TIME AS COLD AIR GETS
TRAPPED NEAR THE SURFACE. AFTER MIDNIGHT...FREEZING RAIN WILL
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
EXPECT ICING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO
PLAIN RAIN.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL. ANYONE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR
DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
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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