More Tuesday Weather Trouble

Ok, seriously, this is actually getting a bit silly. It seems like every week at this time we have some unsettling winter weather to write about. Frankly, given the choice between white fluffy snow and ice and sleet, we'll take the snow. This is going to be messy.

Here is what the National Weather Service is saying:

Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
3:47 pm EST, Mon., Jan. 17, 2011

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS... PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... .NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARDS... SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS... AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... THEN A TRACE TO UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET.

* TEMPERATURES... TEMPERATURES AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 20S... THEN RISE TOWARDS THE FREEZING MARK EARLY TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.

* TIMING... SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN QUICKLY CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN.

* IMPACTS... TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS BY THE RUSH HOUR TUESDAY MORNING.

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.