HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 431 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP ACROSS MOST AREAS TONIGHT...EXCEPT
ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE AWAY FROM
THE COAST...MAINLY OUTSIDE INTERSTATE 95. IF FREEZING DRIZZLE
DOES DEVELOP...ONLY A THIN COAT COULD CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME
QUITE SLICK ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE UNTREATED.
STEADIER PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...
THERE COULD BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
TONIGHT WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EVEN WORSE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF MIXED WINTRY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF
SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO NORTH
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE WORCESTER HILLS...AS WELL AS
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE
LIGHT DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT THE MIXTURE COULD STILL
CAUSE SLOW TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE LATE SATURDAY OR
EVEN SATURDAY NIGHT...SO THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY
CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. TRAVEL WILL BE RATHER SLICK AT TIMES.
WHILE A GENERAL ICE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 640 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...SLIPPERY SPOTS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...
ANY SNOW THAT MELTED ONTO ROADWAYS...DRIVEWAYS...PARKING LOTS...AND
SIDEWALKS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY IS LIKELY TO REFREEZE AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. IN
ADDITION...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND SOME LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE COULD COMBINE TO CREATE PATCHES OF BLACK ICE.
THEREFORE...SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. TRAVELERS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN
OUT AND ABOUT. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS...EVEN ON TREATED
ROADWAYS.
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