Monday, January 17, 2011

Ice, Ice, Baby ! From Hazleton, Scranton, High Point,West Milford to Poughkeepsie.

Far to the north and west 2 to 4 inches of snow and 1/2 inch of ice will occur.


Most of north NJ will range from 2" of snow to less than 1".  1/4 to 1/10 inch of ice, then plain rain. Some heavy rain possible.
All this begins after midnight tonight and into Tuesday.  It will change over later in the morning.  Early commute treacherous.
                                                                                               
***Threat of snow, possibly heavy, on Friday.  Stay tuned.***
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..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY.
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN A UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S...THEN RISE TOWARDS THE FREEZING MARK EARLY TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN BY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS BY THE RUSH HOUR TUESDAY MORNING.
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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