WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION…WARREN COUNTY…ESPECIALLY THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD TO HALF OF THE COUNTY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE…SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS…AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE COUNTY…WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST SNOW BELT.

* TIMING…LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. * WINDS…NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS WILL REACH 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES…WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLD AIR WILL TRANSPORT SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND LIFT IT ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOMERSET COUNTY. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SNOW OF VARYING INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT…ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. EXPECT ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATION TO OCCUR OVER THE THE REMAINDER OF THE LAUREL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY WILL ALSO SEE MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS FROM LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

INCLUDING THE CITY OF…WARREN