Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 1512
Location: Connecticut
Posted: 02/05/04 - 21:57 Post subject: And now for the weather
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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT- 340 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM SATURDAY...
SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND ACCUMULATE AROUND AN INCH BY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THEN GRADUALLY MIX AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS... 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THEN... ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT... AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.
Yeah, they're predicting 8-12 hours of freezing rain, and "a half inch of ice" by me. Since when do they predict inches of ice. I better not lose my electricity and cable.