URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
346 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
…WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT… …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* LOCATIONS…SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…LONG ISLAND…NEW YORK CITY…SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER…AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING… THEN HEAVY SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES THIS EVENING…ALONG WITH A TRACE OF ICE…THEN 4 TO 8 INCHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
* TIMING…SNOW DEVELOPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON…THEN MIXES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN. THE RAIN…MIXES WITH OR CHANGES TO SNOW AND SLEET WEDNESDAY EVENING…BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED SURFACES…COATED WITH ICE…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.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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