WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM
EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION IN ADVANCE OF A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT WILL
BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. COLD AIR
TRAPPED NEAR THE SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN ASSOCIATION
WITH FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDER A QUARTER OF AN
INCH. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY
FRIDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL. ALL TRAVELING ACROSS
THE AREA SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS
ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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