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Friday, January 23, 2015

NWS issues Winter Weather Advisory


Event:Winter Weather Advisory
Alert:
...A WINTRY MIX FOR SATURDAY... 
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... 
 
* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...WESTERN AND CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AND 
PORTIONS OF PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. 
 
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND ICE. 
 
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH 
A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. HIGHER SNOW AND ICE 
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF LONG 
ISLAND...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NYC METRO AND NORTHEASTERN NEW 
JERSEY. 
 
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES EARLY SATURDAY 
MORNING. 
 
* SNOWFALL RATES...1 INCH PER HOUR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 
 
* TIMING...SNOW BEGINS LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO 
HEAVY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET 
AND FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN AROUND OR SOON AFTER DAYBREAK. PRECIP 
SHOULD CHANGE TO MAINLY SLEET AND RAIN BY MID TO LATE MORNING 
AND THEN MAY GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING IN THE EVENING. 
 
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED 
VISBILITIES AND SNOW/ICE COVERED ROADS.

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