WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY - SNOW COMING SATURDAY

Issued today from the National 

Weather Service

.. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS... THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK... SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES... SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES... WITH A FEW SPOTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 6 INCHES... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* TEMPERATURES... IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30.

* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING... SNOW BEGINS IN THE MORNING... AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS... MODERATE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT.

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.