FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 427 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 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 4 PM
EST SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE 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 BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS SULLIVAN COUNTY.
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 THE AREA. HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE
CATSKILLS 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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