WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AMEST SUNDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK. * HAZARD TYPES A MIX OF SNOW AND ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE 1 INCH PER HOUR MAINLY EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY THE PRE-DAWN HOURS BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN AND DRIZZLE MID-MORNING SUNDAY. * IMPACTS HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. IN ADDITION ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE * WINDS EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES HIGHS IN THE 20S ON SATURDAY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISING OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN MODERATE SNOW. 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.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:10:47 +0000
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