THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
LOCATIONS... THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. MOST LIKELY AREAS WILL BE IN THE VALLEYS.
TIMING... LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
ACCUMULATIONS... ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
IMPACTS... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE A COATING OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES... RESULTING IN VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN ICING IS EXPECTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DISRUPT TRAVEL OR DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. INSTEAD, PATCHES OF ICE WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WALKING AND DRIVING COULD THEREFORE BE DIFFICULT, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
Freezing rain advisory areas are in pink.