WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1045 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...AS WELL
AS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS ADVISORY ALSO INCLUDES
BOSTON.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY 1130 AM. THE SNOW WILL
QUICKLY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER
OF A MILE. THIS WILL RESULT IN ROADWAYS QUICKLY BECOMING SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. IN
ADDITION...VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE FOR A
SHORT TIME.
THIS WILL BE A QUICK HITTER AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL HAVE COME TO AN END ACROSS OUR REGION BY MID AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...THIS SHORT DURATION SNOW WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
RESULTING IN BRIEF POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS
AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS
NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE
SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
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