URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 440 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015
…WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ORANGE AND WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 7 AM SUNDAY… …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALL OTHER AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT…
.AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFFSHORE TONIGHT…LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG AN APPROACHING FRONT WEST OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SNOW…FREEZING RAIN/ICE AND RAIN ACROSS THE REGION.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS…SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT EAST OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY AND LONG ISLAND.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY EVENING THEN RAIN EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES…ALONG WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* WINDS…SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…30 TO 35.
* VISIBILITIES…ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING…HEAVIEST SNOW BEFORE 7 PM SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED ROADS COATED WITH ICE WILL MAKING DRIVING AND WALKING HAZARDOUS.
.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.
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