...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY AND ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND MAY CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT OUT OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL LEAD TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES IN THIS EVENING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A COLUMBUS TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS LINE...ANDA MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND SNOW TO THE WEST.

SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE WESTERN AREAS...HOWEVER ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND RESULTING SLICK SURFACES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL POSE THE BIGGER PROBLEM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN

1206 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY.

* PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR THIS

AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE STEADY AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TURN TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LEXINGTON NEBRASKA TO MANKATO KANSAS LINE...WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ADD UP MAINLY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER OUTDOOR SURFACES INITIALLY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM ORD TO LEXINGTON.

* LIGHT ICING FROM THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO SLICK

SURFACES INCLUDING ROADWAYS...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH MAY ALSO COAT POWER LINES...TREES...AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE FULLERTON TO CENTRAL CITY AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE EVENT...MITIGATING ADDITIONAL STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES FROM BLOWING.

* ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON AS

THE DENSE MORNING FOG GIVES WAY TO FREEZING DRIZZLE... VISIBILITIES WILL STILL REMAIN REDUCED IN THE PRECIPITATION AND SOME LINGERING FOG.

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.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT OUT OF THE ROCKIES
TODAY...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF
THIS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL LEAD TO FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE
DAY TODAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES IN THIS EVENING...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING
RAIN EAST OF A COLUMBUS TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG
KANSAS LINE...AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO THE
WEST. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
WESTERN AREAS...HOWEVER ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND RESULTING SLICK
SURFACES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL POSE THE BIGGER PROBLEM. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERT

DONIPHAN-TRUMBLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 DUE TO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY
THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STOUT NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL BLAST INTO THE
REGION ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT.

* THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND POWDERY SNOWFALL WILL CREATE
BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...DOWN TO LESS THAN
1/2 OF A MILE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING
SNOW.

* MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ALONG WITH THE INCREASED NORTHWEST
WINDS...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
BELOW ZERO.