WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM
EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4
AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES WILL
HEAD EAST TO THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL SPREAD A LARGE AREA OF STEADY SNOW
INTO THE AREA VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING...BEFORE
TAPERING TO PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT.
A THIN LAYER OF SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING AIR LOCATED AT SEVERAL
THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND WILL LIKELY EDGE NORTH INTO THE
SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...CAUSING SOME SLEET TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOULD
RANGE FROM JUST 2 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE MARYLAND BORDER...TO
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES TO THE NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND
AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.
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LAMBERT/TYBURSKI/MACH