WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 849 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
ANY RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND ACCUMULATE 1 TO
3 INCHES BEFORE ENDING LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND
FREEZING CAUSING SEVERAL SLIPPERY SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS.
THE SNOW MAY BE WET AND HEAVY AND THIS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.
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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