NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
222 PM EST FRI DEC 16 2016
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR THE
NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES...
.COLD AIR WILL REMAIN TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE OVER THE NORTHERN
COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES THIS EVENING AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN
INLAND MOVING WARM FRONT OVERSPREADS THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS THE AREA
BY MID EVENING. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING SO THAT ANY RAIN
OR DRIZZLE THAT FORMS WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT, ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES PRODUCING PATCHES OF BLACK ICE.
WARM AIR IS FORECAST TO SCOUR OUT ANY REMAINING SURFACE COLD AIR
AFTER 2 AM WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO RAIN.
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MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
OAK CITY...JAMESVILLE...GREENVILLE...BETHEL...FARMVILLE...
GRIFTON...GRIMESLAND...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...WALSTONBURG
222 PM EST FRI DEC 16 2016
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 2 AM EST SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SNOW
HILL, GREENVILLE AND WILLIAMSTON.
* HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TRACE.
* TIMING...THIS EVENING FROM 9 PM TO 2 AM.
* IMPACTS...PATCHES OF BLACK ICE COULD FORM ON ELEVATED HIGHWAYS
AND BRIDGES MAKING DRIVING DANGEROUS THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.