Monday, December 31, 2012

Winter Weather Advisory For Jeffersonville

From the National Weather Service:

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR...

.A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A
MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY. LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS
NOON TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA...ALTHOUGH THE MAIN IMPACTS
FROM THIS STORM WILL BE AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON
TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT BUT
COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT WITH INCREASED TRAVEL FOR THE HOLIDAY.

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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-
HENRY KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE
410 AM EST MON DEC 31 2012 /310 AM CST MON DEC 31 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/
THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST /9 AM
CST/ TUESDAY.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL START OUT AS ALL SNOW ACROSS
  SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
  THEN...EXPECT A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING
  DRIZZLE...OR SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE MID MORNING NORTH
  OF THE OHIO RIVER. SOME SLEET COULD MIX IN AS WELL.

  ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE RIVER...EXPECT A LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW MIX
  FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. THEN...A MIX OF
  SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT
  THROUGH MID MORNING ON TUESDAY. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
  ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE COULD
  LEAD TO A GLAZE OF ICE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS
  WOULD BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO
  RIVER...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 1 INCH ARE
  EXPECTED. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  LIGHT...THE PUBLIC IS URGED TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING
  TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AROUND MIDNIGHT OR AFTER. TRAFFIC WILL
  LIKELY BE INCREASED WITH PEOPLE OUT ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY AND
  LARGE IMPACTS FROM A SMALL AMOUNT OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL
  BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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