WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 328 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1
PM EST SATURDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
FREEZING RAIN MAY BRING SLIPPERY TRAVEL TO THE EASTERN LAKE
ONTARIO REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE
THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT OR
BELOW FREEZING...RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. THE
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO JUST PLAIN RAIN BY DAYBREAK
SATURDAY NEAR LAKE ONTARIO AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
ACROSS NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY AND MUCH OF LEWIS COUNTY
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING LONGER...
RESULTING IN FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS EASTERN JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...WITH MUCH LESSER
AMOUNTS NEAR THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF
WINTER WEATHER INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA.
ROADS THAT APPEAR JUST WET MAY IN FACT BE COVERED BY BLACK ICE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN
ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO.
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