WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING

WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
324 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2015

…WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 AM EST MONDAY…

* LOCATIONS…NEW YORK CITY…LONG ISLAND…NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY…THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW…WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NEW YORK
CITY… LONG ISLAND…MOST OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…AND
COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND FAIRFIELD
COUNTY.

* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES…ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING…SNOW DEVELOPS LATE THIS MORNING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE TRI-STATE…THEN EXPANDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NEW YORK CITY… LONG ISLAND…MOST OF
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…AND COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY SUNDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED SURFACES…COATED WITH ICE IN AREAS…
WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

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
DRIVING.