URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 445 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS INCLUDING FULTON COUNTY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW... * LOCATIONS...CATSKILLS, MOHAWK VALLEY, LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION, NORTHERN TACONICS, SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE BERKSHIRES. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF A COATING TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO AS MUCH AS TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...ALONG WITH SOME PATCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS ROADS AND ESPECIALLY SLIPPERY WALKING SURFACES DUE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * WINDS...SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...MIXED WITH SOME SNOW...WHICH WILL LIKELY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:05:33 +0000
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