Issued by The National Weather Service
State College, PA
10:18 am EDT, Thu., Oct. 15, 2009
… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS… PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON… OCCASIONALLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER… ON THE RIDGES RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO MOSTLY WET SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS MAINLY SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT. THE VALLEYS WILL HAVE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUE TONIGHT… AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 1400 FEET LATE TONIGHT. FRIDAY WILL FEATURE A SIMILAR MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS… WHILE RIDGES SEE MOSTLY SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER EVEN FURTHER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MAY ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY… WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY.

THE SNOW WILL BE VERY WET AND HEAVY WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT… EVEN THE VALLEYS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT IN VALLEY LOCATIONS.

THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES… BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A FEW POWER OUTAGES… MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA… ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS TO 6 INCHES ON THE RIDGE TOPS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. IF THIS BECOMES IMMINENT… THIS ADVISORY WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES… WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

Although I don’t know if you’re kidding or not, so here we go: We can’t have a special teams coach. You’re only allowed so many coaches. Ohio State doesn’t have one. Iowa does, but he’s also the LB coach. Frank Beamer is basically VT’s special teams coach. And so on.