URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1037 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013
…A WINTRY MIX WILL IMPACT THE REGION INTO TONIGHT…
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1037 AM EST MON JAN 28 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON…
* LOCATIONS…THE FINGER LAKES REGION…INCLUDING THE SYRACUSE METRO AREA…THE TWIN TIERS…AND THE WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON METRO AREA.
* HAZARDS…FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW HAS ENDED AS OF LATE THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* TIMING…SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AS OF LATE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER… INCLUDING ELMIRA AND CORNING… BY 1 PM. FARTHER EAST IT WILL BE COLDER… WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN WILKES BARRE AND
SCRANTON BY 2 PM… AND THE POCONOS… BINGHAMTON AND SYRACUSE BY AROUND 4 PM. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. AREAS OF ICING WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY… ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TEMPERATURES…RISING FROM THE 20S TO THE LOWER 30S.
* WINDS…SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS…SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON UNTREATED SURFACES AREA-WIDE THIS MORNING…WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT AT LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON… ESPECIALLY OVER THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK.
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.