Special Weather Statement Issued by National Weather Service

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1118 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1118 AM EST SUN DEC 8 2013

...SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...MIXING WITH SLEET THIS EVENING...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE SNOW MAY BE INITIALLY
LIGHT...IT CAN EASILY REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A MILE...AND
WITH ANY BRIEF MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL REDUCE
TO BELOW A HALF MILE. SOME SLEET WILL MIX IN THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE UP TO A
FEW INCHES ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED AND UNTREATED SURFACES.

THIS WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AS
WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS ALONG WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF TRAVELING THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND ENCOUNTERING THESE CONDITIONS...DRIVE
EXTRA SLOWLY AND PROCEED WITH EXTRA CAUTION.