Winter Weather Advisory Issued

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY.

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
AND MOVE ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION
AHEAD OF THIS STORM WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
BY FRIDAY MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE
OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO MOSTLY
SNOW AND SLEET OCCURS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH A LIGHT DUSTING OF SLEET OR SNOW WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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