URGENT
- WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
108 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
..FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG TO LEAD TO SLICK
ROADS...
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND WIDESPREAD FREEZING FOG HAVE
RESULTED IN SLICK SPOTS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN
SINCE MID-MORNING. IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY SOUTH WINDS ARE
CAUSING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS CAUSING SOME SNOW
COVERED
EAST-WEST ROADWAYS IN RURAL AREAS.
THE AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO
EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...HENCE THE WINTER
WEATHER
ADVISORY IS BEING EXPANDED INTO THE FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...JEFFERSON AND WEST BEND AREAS...AS WELL AS
MOSTLY
INLAND AREAS OF OZAUKEE AND JEFFERSON AREAS.
A STEADIER AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE FOR
TONIGHT AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE LINGERING COLD SURFACE AIR
TO
POSSIBLY PRODUCE MORE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
MAINLY
RAIN.
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS
ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG
AND
BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING...WIDESPREAD FREEZING FOG ALL DAY INTO THE EVENING.
AREAS
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL
INTO EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITIES...2 MILE OR LESS IN FREEZING FOG.
* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS...UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME GLAZED OVER WITH
A
COATING OF ICE LEADING TO TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FOG WILL HAMPER TRAVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING
DRIZZLE...FREEZING
FOG AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
