URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
403 AM EST FRI DEC 6 2013
…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH TONIGHT…
.A COLD FRONT HAS CROSSED THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN… SLEET… FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TODAY AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING… THEN CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
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SULLIVAN-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MONTICELLO…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…
HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
403 AM EST FRI DEC 6 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS…LACKAWANNA…LUZERNE…SOUTHERN WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NEW YORK.
* HAZARDS…MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW…WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ICE AMOUNTS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH…AGAIN WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
* TIMING…RAIN WILL CHANGE TO MIXED PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON… THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW WILL END TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES…FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S LATE TODAY THEN INTO THE 20S TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
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.
PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AND/OR ICE AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.