Sunday, February 12, 2012

Latest National Weather Service winter weather advisory

(From the National Weather Service)

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FOR AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN 12 AND 3 AM...WITH AROUND
ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION BY THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. LIGHT SNOW
WILL BEGIN FOR AREAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 71 AND HIGHWAY 65 BETWEEN 3
AND 6 AM...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THE
MORNING RUSH HOUR. AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 CAN EXPECT LIGHT
SNOW TO BEGIN FROM 5 AM INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS OF MONDAY
MORNING...WITH A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE DURING THE
MORNING RUSH HOUR.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT SNOW WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW
WILL GRADUALLY ACCUMULATE FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY
EVENING. BY MONDAY EVENING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE
TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY
60 CORRIDOR. NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR...ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ROAD SURFACES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ON
MONDAY. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE SLICK ROADWAYS DURING THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE TO WORK OR SCHOOL. EVEN THOUGH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION
WILL END BY TUESDAY MORNING...SLICK ROADS WILL LIKELY PERSIST
INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

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