WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 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 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 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...RAIN 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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