258 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015

 

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY…

 

* ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND .10 WITH UP TO .20 IN THE

  HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

 

* LOCATIONS…EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA FROM TRENTON TO CHATSWORTH.

 

* HAZARD TYPES…A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN.

 

* TIMING…RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON…BECOMING MOSTLY

  RAIN BY EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT…BECOMING MIXED ONCE

  AGAIN WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT…POSSIBLY MIXING

  WITH LIGHT SNOW BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING.

 

* IMPACTS…ICING ON ROADS…TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. DUE TO

  THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SOME LARGER TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY POWER

  LINES COULD COME DOWN. BLACK ICE WILL LIKELY FORM TUESDAY

  MORNING…RESULTING IN CONTINUED TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES THROUGH MIDDAY

  TUESDAY.

 

* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON…WARMING TO

  THE MID TO UPPER 30S BY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO

  THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL

CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS…AND USE

CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.