WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Now - Thursday, Mar 13, 11:00am ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CAPITAL REGION AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN CATSKILLS. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO MIXED PRECIPITATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW EARLY IN THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...FLASH FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY DROP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ROADS MAY QUICKLY FREEZE AS THE COLDER AIR RUSHES IN MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE SNOW WILL MAKE MATTERS WORSE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO THE NORTH BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TEMPERATURES...EARLY HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S...FALLING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND REACHING LOWS FROM NEAR ZERO DEGREES TO 10 DEGREES OVERNIGHT. 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: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:34:54 +0000
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