Winter Weather Advisory for Eastern Sections of Northern New Jersey for 3-7 Inches of Snow

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
855 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...A MAJOR EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM FOR THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY...INTERIOR SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW
JERSEY...

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EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
855 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SATURDAY TO
2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ESSEX AND UNION COUNTIES...AS WELL AS EASTERN
BERGEN...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER....SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTIES

* HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. HIGHEST
GUSTS WILL BE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 30S...FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES.

* TIMING...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPS AFTER DAYBREAK ON
SATURDAY...THEN CHANGES TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER SATURDAY
NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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