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Winter Weather Advisory this weekend

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Champaign County by the National Weather Service beginning at 9 PM on Friday night, ending at 6 AM on Sunday morning. Full text below... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO LIGHT RAIN BY SATURDAY MORNING. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT ICING WILL DEVELOP ON UNTREATED ROADS...PARKING LOTS...AND SIDEWALKS. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OF 1 INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING THE STORM WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING WELL BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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