WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 938 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
SNOW WILL FALL AT VARYING INTENSITIES THROUGH ABOUT 4 AM. THERE IS A
CHANCE OF A BRIEF PERIOD...ON THE ORDER ON AN HOUR OR TWO...OF 1
INCH PER HOUR SNOWS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM ACROSS EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND PORTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
AND END FROM WEST TO EAST BY 4 OR 5 AM. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS...2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY ON GRASSY SURFACES...WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS LIKELY ON ROADWAYS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
PROBABLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST RHODE
ISLAND. VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE ROADS OVERNIGHT
AND POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
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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