NWS: Winter Weather Advisory

Event:	Winter Weather Advisory
Alert:	...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND NASSAU COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...STRONG WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS EAST AND NORTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE...OR LESS...AT TIMES. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS INCREASE. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS.
Instructions:	A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.