Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN1128 AM CST MON JAN 5 2009...A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...

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1128 AM CST MON JAN 5 2009...WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO3 AM CST TUESDAY...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTERWEATHER
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO3 AM CST TUESDAY.THE
ADVISORY AREA INCLUDES MANY AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE
NASHVILLEAREA...INCLUDING THE HIGHLAND RIM.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPIRIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
TONIGHT. AWINTRY MIX...OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...IS FORECAST TOSPREAD
INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY LATE AFTERNOONAND CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVERAT THE FREEZING MARK THROUGHOUT THE
EVENT...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONSOF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY
ON GRASSY AREASAND EXPOSED SURFACES. SOME ICY SPOTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP
ALONGBRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
RAIN DURING THEOVERNIGHT HOURS...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM.A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET...ORFREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FORSLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILEDRIVING.