1/20/2012 - Winter Weather Advisory - January 21, 2012
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NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
657 AM EST SAT JAN 21 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION GENERALLY 2 TO 4
INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MODERATELY AT TIMES
THROUGH ABOUT 11 AM...MAINLY AS A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING AND
SNOW. INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD END AS DRIZZLE
OR NON FREEZING RAIN DURING MIDDAY BUT TEMPERATURES PROBABLY
WONT RISE ABOVE THE 33 TO 36 DEGREE RANGE TODAY. IT WILL TURN
COLDER LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SLUSH FREEZING.
* AS OF 630 AM...MANY REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THIS AREA.
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SLIPPERY DRIVING AND WALKING...ESPECIALLY
ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS NEED TO USE
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE ICY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
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.