NWS issues a Snow Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
448 AM EST THU FEB 1 2007

...LIGHT SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S THIS MORNING WILL
MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM BEGINS TO INTENSIFY OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATE
TONIGHT IT WILL SPREAD LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE
SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS TOWARDS LONG ISLAND. SNOW MAY MIX
WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN CLOSER TO THE COAST LATER FRIDAY MORNING AS
SOME WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS
THOUGH...AN AXIS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EAST
OF CAPE COD.



...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE BY THE
MORNING COMMUTE FRIDAY MORNING...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND
SLUSHY ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS..
SOME RAIN WILL MIX IN WITH THE PRECIPITATION LATE FRIDAY
MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BUT THE
PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.