FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 356 PM AST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 900 PM AST THU DEC 24 2009

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS
EVENING FOR SHELTERED VALLEYS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM AKST THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION IS SPREADING ACROSS EASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS MOVING NORTH
ACROSS THE GULF OF ALASKA. WHILE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN
THE FORM OF RAIN AND WET SNOW...SOME COLD-AIR TRAPPED IN SHELTERED
VALLEYS WILL YIELD PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING.
PRECIPITATION IN THE SHELTERED VALLEYS WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN
AS WARM AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN...EXCEPT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
WHERE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH WET SNOW.
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.
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