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 CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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