Hackettstown Police Department's Weather Statement 2/22/13

‎**WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING(2/22/13) TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY(2/23/13)**

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MAINLY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND POCONOS INTO NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 80.

* TIMING...SCATTERED WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM...POSSIBLY AS A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET. THEN PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND CONTINUE INTO MID OR LATE SATURDAY MORNING.

* GLAZE AND SNOW AMOUNTS...GLAZE AMOUNTS LESS THAN ONE TENTH INCH AND ANY SNOWFALL PROBABLY LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH.

* MAIN IMPACT...ALL UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME ICY OVERNIGHT WITH THOSE ICY CONDITIONS LINGERING THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY MORNING.