The following advisories will be used to ALERT the public of situations that may cause some inconvenience or difficulty to travelers or people who must be outdoors.
|BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW ADVISORY||Used when wind-driven snow intermittently reduces visibility to 1/4 mile or less. Travel may be hampered. Strong winds create blowing snow by picking up old or new snow.|
|FREEZING RAIN or FREEZING DRIZZLE ADVISORY||Generally used only during times when the intensity of freezing rain or drizzle is light and ice accumulations are less than 1/4 inch.|
|SLEET ADVISORY||Issued for expected sleet accumulations of less than 1/2 inch.|
|SNOW ADVISORY||Used when snowfall amounts are below warning criteria, but nonetheless pose a hazard to the public. Issued for average snowfall amounts of less than 4" in a 12 hour period. Forecast amounts would be 1-2", 1-3", 2-4", or around 3".|
|WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY||Used when a mixture of precipitation is expected such as snow, sleet, and freezing rain or freezing drizzle, but will not reach warning criteria.|
|SHORT TERM FORECAST (NOWCAST)||A short term forecast designed to give specific, detailed forecast information for the next 1 to 6 hours on a county-by-county basis. Non-severe and advisory information are contained in these forecasts which are routinely issued several times per day, and more often during busy weather periods.|