Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
415 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012
…SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY.
* LOCATIONS…NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT…AS
WELL AS WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY…AND ROCKLAND AND
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW AND ICE LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES…ALONG WITH
AROUND A TRACE TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* WINDS…EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS…SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL LATE TODAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION…STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SNOW AND ICE COVERED TREE
LIMBS…POWER LINES AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS…AND CA– USE MINOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CA– USE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND — USE CAUTION WHILE
