NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATE 3.29.2014 #6 Winter Weather - TopicsExpress



          

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATE 3.29.2014 #6 Winter Weather Advisory ...A COATING OF FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED BY UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL PUMP DEEP MOISTURE INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WHILE AN INITIAL...SHALLOW LAYER OF SUB-FREEZING AIR SEEPS SOUTH INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAIN...GRADUALLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS EARLY TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET...THEN SNOW OF VARYING INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. PAZ010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-300715- /O.EXB.KCTP.WW.Y.0019.140330T0700Z-140330T2000Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA- SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...JOHNSTOWN... SOMERSET...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EDT SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...TOPPING A THIN LAYER OF ICE UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * LOCATIONS...THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS...ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT...THEN PERIODS OF WET SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FROM ICE...THEN SNOW-COVERED ROADS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING LATE TONIGHT...THEN REMAINING BETWEEN 32 AND 35 DEGREES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. Wm. Dennis Buttorff Emergency Manager West Branch Emergency Management Association
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:34:35 +0000

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