2009-01-10

Winter Weather Advisory

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory to replace the earlier Winter Storm Watch. The predicted amount of snow has been reduced, but freezing rain is now predicted for much of the area, including Brooklyn.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...BEFORE SPREADING
FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO
FALL INTO TONIGHT...THEN MIX WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS
WINTRY MIX ENDS SUNDAY MORNING.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES WITH LOWER AMOUNTS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE ATLANTIC
WHERE THERE IS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN. SOME ICING IS EXPECTED AS WELL LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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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