BOF 000 WWUS41 KGYX 240709 WSWGYX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 309 AM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA... .RAIN DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES EARLY THIS MORNING. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK...THE RAIN WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT WITH COLDER SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY LATE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL END THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND ANY ADDITIONAL ICY CONDITIONS. MEZ007>009-241300- /O.NEW.KGYX.WW.Y.0011.091024T0709Z-091024T1300Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDOVER...ROXBURY...UPTON... WILSONS MILLS...COBURN GORE...RANGELEY...KINGFIELD...BINGHAM... JACKMAN 309 AM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES EARLY THIS MORNING. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK...THE RAIN WILL FREEZE ON CONTACT WITH COLDER SURFACES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY LATE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL END THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND ANY ADDITIONAL ICY CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ EOF