...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY...

Post date: Nov 20, 2015 9:29:26 PM

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST

SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM

EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND

INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND

EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY

AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7

INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK OF THIS

SYSTEM...WHICH MAY IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS.

TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE WILL ALSO AFFECT HOW EFFICIENTLY

SNOW IS ABLE TO ACCUMULATE.

* THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE

SATURDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING

SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD MAKE WET OR SNOW COVERED ROADS VERY

SLIPPERY.

IMPACTS...

* TRAVEL MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* THERE IS A CHANCE OF A PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATION

WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL

CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND

LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED.