Monday, January 12, 2009

Bring It On...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT AND SPREAD THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA INTO THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH...WIND WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP IN SPEED AND WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE ANY SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN OR IS FALLING TO BLOW AROUND CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY IN THE BLOWING SNOW COULD DROP BELOW ONEMILE AT TIMES ON TUESDAY MORNING.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SHARPLY THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. BY NOON TIME...TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE DROPPED INTO THE TEENS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S BY LUNCH TIME.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS

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