URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 625 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WINDING DOWN AND WINTRY MIX ON THE WAY... .THE WINDS WILL SHIFT AWAY FROM LAKE ERIE FOR THE TIME BEING AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END THIS MORNING AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WARM AIR IN ADVANCE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN BECOME A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN SATURDAY. ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...A RETURN BACK TO SNOW WILL OCCUR AS COLDER AIR FOLLOWS THE STORM SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. OHZ012-089-PAZ001-161930- /O.CON.KCLE.LE.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161216T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCLE.WW.Y.0008.161217T0000Z-161217T1700Z/ LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MENTOR...ASHTABULA...ERIE 625 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SATURDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. * TIMING...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE THREAT FOR ICE ACCUMULATION FROM THE FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 7 AM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ALONG THE LAKE SHORE WILL STILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL OR WALKING DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED SURFACES. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW... THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN VARY GREATLY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE ADVISORY AREA BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER...VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.