FREEZING RAIN WARNING AND OTHER LOUSY WEATHER

From National Weather Service today:

Sun, Jan 18, 10:39 am EST

• ... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
• * LOCATIONS... INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT... EASTERN BERGEN AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... AND PUTNAM AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
• * HAZARD TYPES... FREEZING RAIN.
• * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
• * TEMPERATURES... IN THE LOWER 30S. SINCE GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY STILL BE VERY COLD... RAIN MAY STILL FREEZE ON UNTREATED GROUND SURFACES EVEN AS AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
• * TIMING... INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
• * IMPACTS... DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
• A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

More Information ... ICY CONDITIONS INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE INTERIOR..