URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE … UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY …
* TIMING … LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT … RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY
PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WHICH WOULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ICY ROADS AND BRIDGES.
* OTHER IMPACTS … IF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OCCUR
THERE WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL RESULT
IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS …
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET …
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
Weather Out look
- This Afternoon: Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 43. North wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
- Tonight: Rain showers before midnight, then rain between midnight and 3am, then rain and sleet after 3am. Low around 32. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
- Wednesday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 9am, then a chance of rain and sleet between 9am and 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Wind chill values as low as 23. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
- Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow and sleet before 9pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
01-28-14
14:30 hrs