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800am CT – Fri / 7 Feb 2014

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.. as issued by the NWS/Austin-San Antonio..
continues for Travis County (metro Austin) as well as all surrounding counties
throughout the area until 12 noon today….

Some reports of light freezing drizzle have been received to the south through southwest
and west of the Austin area in the last few areas. No major problems reported yet around
our area.

Remember, very light drizzle does not show up very well on Doppler weather radar and
automated weather observations, like most the sites below except ABIA, aren’t able to
distinguish drizzle as a current weather type. So the first indication that freezing drizzle
is occurring may come from your representatives in the field rather than via radar or
surface weather reports. Please forward your reports, via this email address, from the field
to me and I’ll get those to the NWS/Austin-San Antonio on your behalf.

I am keeping my precipitation probability at 30% for today through midday then
decreasing thereafter… potential trace to several hundredths of an inch amounts possible.

8am temperatures include…

Austin/City (Mabry)….. 30 F
Austin Bergstrom International Airport….. 28 F
Austin Executive Airport (Pflugerville)….. 28 F
Lago Vista Rusty Allen Airport….. 27 F
Georgetown Municipal Airport….. 27 F
San Marcos Municipal Airport….. 28 F

Temperatures should to freezing and slightly above by midday or very early afternoon
today.

In my opinion, this continues as a low probability event with, if it materializes, a high
potential impact for the Austin metro area and the IH35 corridor.

410am CT – Fri / 7 Feb 2014

NWS / Austin-San Antonio has started the WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for the local area
effective at 4am CT (two hours earlier than originally set).. based on some reports of freezing drizzle.
The advisory remains in effect until 12 noon today.

… Authority NWS/Austin-San Antonio …

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
416 AM CST FRI FEB 7 2014

...A LIGHT WINTER MIX IS LIKELY TO IMPACT PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS MORNING...

.LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
WILL BE SLOW TO WARM THIS MORNING...ALLOWING FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR LIGHT DRIZZLE TO COLLECT AS ICING ON EXPOSED
SURFACES ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH
OF I-10 HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ICING AS THEY WILL HAVE
EVEN COLDER MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE. FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 83...PRECIPITATION RATES
SHOULD BE TOO LIGHT FOR HIGHWAY ICING CONCERNS. NEARLY ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET
AND SNOW COULD DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED VERY LIGHT...BUT ARE POSSIBLE ON SOLID HIGHWAY SURFACES
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10. AREAS SOUTH OF I-10 SHOULD ENCOUNTER
ICING MAINLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. BY NOON NEARLY ALL AREAS
SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 71 COULD SEE A WINTRY MIX LINGER INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

TXZ171>173-186>194-204>209-219>225-071800-
/O.EXT.KEWX.WW.Y.0004.140207T1016Z-140207T1800Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-
HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-
FAYETTE-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...
KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...BOERNE...BLANCO...
SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...
NEW BRAUNFELS...SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...
PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...CUERO...
HALLETTSVILLE
416 AM CST FRI FEB 7 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* TIMING...AROUND 4 AM THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SOME SURFACE BASED ROADWAYS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND TWENTIES.

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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