Saturday, December 14, 2013

LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING

From the National Weather Service today:

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
* LOCATIONS... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND COASTAL SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
* HAZARD TYPES... SNOW... CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 9 INCHES... ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. HIGHEST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS ACROSS FURTHER INTERIOR SECTIONS.
* WINDS... NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE UPPER 20S.
* TIMING... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING... AND THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS... SNOW COVERED ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT... POSSIBLY ICY LATE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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