...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.
PHILLIPS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN
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.
