Saturday, December 1, 2007

Winter Weather Advisory Posted the Area

I don't understand this. Nothing more than a few pellets of ice have fallen. Temperatures are still below freezing, but *slowly* climbing by about a tenth of a degree every thirty minutes or so.
A winter weather advisory has been posted for Fayette, Union, and Wayne counties in Indiana until 10pm this evening.


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH313 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLYEVENING...INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051>053-060>062-020300-/O.NEW.KILN.WW.Y.0006.071201T2013Z-071202T0300Z/WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...EATON...DAYTON...XENIA313 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THISEVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THISEVENING.AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLYEVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING THROUGHMIDNIGHT...ALLOWING ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TOALL RAIN.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A WINTERY MIX OFPRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, BUTACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKEDRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ON UNTREATEDROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING,MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSESWHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP