MIGHT AS WELL SHARE; NOTICES I RECIEVE: YALL BE CAREFUL! Effective:09:20 PM CST on 01/09/2015Expires:12:00 PM CST on 01/10/2015 Alert:...CORRECTION TO TIMING BULLET IN FIRST GROUP... ...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... .SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO COOL TEMPERATURES...WITH MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT EXPECTED TO REACH TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL INCREASE INTO RAIN SHOWERS MIXED WITH SLEET SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY...AND THE EARLY ONSET OF FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL ENABLE SEVERAL HOURS OF POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. MOST ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD FALL INTO A RANGE FROM 1/10 TO 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET SHOWERS COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY...TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH ABOVE FREEZING OR LONG ENOUGH TO MELT THE ACCUMULATED ICE. THUS THE THREAT FOR ICY ROADS COULD EXTEND INTO SATURDAY EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...AREAS FROM DEL RIO TO SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN MAY EXPERIENCE A SHORTER FREEZING PERIOD...WITH IMPROVING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING NOW INCLUDES THE METRO CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES...IN ADDITION TO BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO HONDO TO SELMA TO PFLUGERVILLE CAN EXPECT ICING TO DEVELOP ON MANY SOLID ROAD SURFACES...WHILE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLY LIGHT ICING ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THE ESCARPMENT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1/10 AND 1/4 INCH. HOWEVER...BANDS OF SLEET COULD SUPPORT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1/2 INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF I-35
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:53:17 +0000
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