Winter Weather Advisory

ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...ASHTABULA...ERIE... EDINBORO...MEADVILLE 1006 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 1 AM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND 8 AM IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED SURFACES CAN MAKE TRAVEL AND WALKING HAZARDOUS AND REQUIRE LOWER DRIVING SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 32 DEGREES AND THEN BEGIN TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...WILL BE REDUCED ON FRIDAY ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS FRIDAY MORNING TO POSSIBLY ONE MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.