URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 220 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2016 …

AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX TO THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION SUNDAY. THE REGION NORTH OF I-80 WILL LIKELY REMAIN MAINLY SNOW, WHILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 1 PM EST MONDAY

TIMING

SNOW WILL START IN THE WEST DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS OF SUNDAY AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING. THE AREA FROM ABOUT INTERSTATE 80 SOUTHWARD WILL LIKELY SEE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW-SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…3-6 INCHES FROM INTERSTATE 80 NORTHWARD. 1-3 INCHES SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE WITH A LIGHT COATING OF ICE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING.

MAIN IMPACT

POOR ROAD CONDITIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON DRIVING CONDITIONS AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW