Weather Alert

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Severe Weather Alert

Freezing Rain Advisory

/O.CON.KOKX.ZR.Y.0001.070122T0800Z- 070122T1700Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION- ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)- QUEENS- 904 PM EST SUN JAN 21 2007

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM EST MONDAY...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM EST MONDAY.

A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE AND VERY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING FROM THE WEST. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THIS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS LIQUID... UNFORTUNATELY SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING AND THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE ON IMPACT.

THE RESULT IS THAT EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FOR THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. UNTREATED SURFACES INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS WILL HAVE A THIN ALMOST UNDETECTABLE COATING OF ICE. RESIDENTS NEED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AND PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL TRAVEL DELAYS IN THE MORNING.

WHILE SOME SNOW GRAINS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE PRECIPITATION...THE HAZARD IS THE LIGHT COATING OF ICE THAT IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO THE FREEZING MARK ALONG THE COAST ON MONDAY...BUT REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INLAND. THE VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

THIS VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR MORNING COMMUTE. 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.