FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 946 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST
SATURDAY FOR THE BERKSHIRES...EASTERN
CATSKILLS...UPPER HUDSON VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...GREATER
CAPITAL REGION...HELDERBERGS...MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY...THE NORTHERN
TACONICS...AND THE SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE LAKE GEORGE REGION.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW AND SLEET...WITH 1 TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE CATSKILLS...HELDERBERGS...AND BERKSHIRES.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WITH
WARMER AIR WORKING IN ALOFT...THUS A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED TOWARDS DAY BREAK. A CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR IN THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WEST OF
THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE HELDERBERGS...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...AND
MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SATURDAY. IN THE
MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERNIGHT...THEN HEAD NORTHEAST
SATURDAY.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS
WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.
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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