WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94 BY
7 PM TONIGHT AND THEN VERY SLOWLY MOVE NORTH. IT MAY BE AFTER
MIDNIGHT BEFORE AREAS NORTH OF US-10 SEE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOP.
* A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE...GREATEST NORTH OF M-46.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
* WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH CHRISTMAS DAY
TURNING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN. AREAS NORTH OF M-46 WILL BE
THE LAST TO SEE THE CHANGEOVER.
IMPACTS...
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SLOWER. AIR TRAFFIC MAY BE DELAYED.
* ICE COATED TREES AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH COULD LEAD TO
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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