Winter Weather Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory from the National Weather Service:

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1152 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT…

.LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST TO NORTHERN OHIO BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL CAUSE SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS TODAY SHOULD BE SOUTH OF A MONTICELLO INDIANA TO LIMA OHIO LINE. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT… WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE… CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TONIGHT… ESPECIALLY DOWNWIND OF LAKE MICHIGAN… MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

[...] …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ MONDAY.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING… HOWEVER SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT… MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING… CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT…TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND
SLICK ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING… ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.