Breaking News - Freezing Rain Advisory Issued

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
152 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009

...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...USHERING IN A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS ACROSS
ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND IS FORECAST TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING INCREASED CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THIS SAME TIME...WARM...MOIST AIR WILL SURGE NORTH OVER THE SHALLOW COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...CAUSING ANY RAINFALL TO FREEZE AS IT FALLS INTO THE COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE.

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.

AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS
OF GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SOME ROADS ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG COUNTRY MAY ALSO SEE SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE MID 20S.

ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING AS AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF A INCH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA
ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE LOW TO MID 20S.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.