Ice Storm Update #2

Well, looks like it is still coming. But not til late evening hours. Here is the most up to date advisory from the NWS.

SOUTHERN CENTRE-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- PERRY-DAUPHIN- SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- 312 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FOLLOWING A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET WILL OCCUR DURING THE VERY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...BEFORE GRADUALLY MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATER TONIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT IN AREAS FROM HARRISBURG NORTHWARD TO STATE COLLEGE...WILLIAMSPORT AND BERWICK. AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN.

FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. CENTRAL MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS WILL BE THE LAST TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING ON WEDNESDAY.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING... AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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