WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 308 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
SATURDAY.
RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. AS A RESULT... WHILE NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILKES
BARRE AND SCRANTON... SOME ICING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE POCONOS... WHERE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
ICE MAY ACCUMULATE.
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE POCONOS. ANYONE 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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MSE
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