...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET AND ABOVE. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DESCEND TO THE VALLEYS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DAWN SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS ON SATURDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN AS MOSTLY SNOW AT ELEVATIONS OF 1000 FEET AND ABOVE THROUGH EARLY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS...AND ONE TO THREE INCHES AT ELEVATIONS FROM 1000 TO 2500 FEET. ABOVE 2500 FEET...THREE TO AS MUCH AS SEVEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE ALONG RIDGE-TOPS AND CROSSING THE HIGHER PASSES ABOVE 1000 FEET...MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED... SLUSHY OR SLICK...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND ON THE RIDGE-TOPS. AN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR...AS DOWNED TREES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATING ON FOLIAGE STILL LEFT ON MANY TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MC
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:12:06 +0000
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