Sunday, March 6, 2011
Winter Weather AdvisoryURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH527 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011.LOW PRESSURE...OVER THE AREA TODAY WILL MOVE NORTHEASTOVERNIGHT. COLDER AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE LOWCHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW.PAZ001>003-061830-/O.CON.KCLE.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110306T2100Z/NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERIE...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE527 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THISAFTERNOON...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THISAFTERNOON.THE FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO ALL SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILLAVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THE HIGHER SNOWAMOUNTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 79... ACROSS EASTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORDCOUNTIES.NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLDNEARLY STEADY TODAY... MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 20S.THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE ICY AND SLIPPERY TODAY. ICEFORMED ON MANY SURFACES OVERNIGHT AS THE TEMPERATURES DROPPEDBELOW FREEZING. FREEZING RAIN ALSO OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS. THESNOW THAT WAS FALLING THIS MORNING WAS COVERING A GLAZE OF ICE.STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHERDETAILS OR UPDATES.