WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EXTREME NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND ALL
OF RHODE ISLAND.
LIGHT RAIN FALLING ON THE CAPE AND NANTUCKET SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW BY
SUNRISE. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL VARY OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH IT
GENERALLY BEING LIGHT. HOWEVER... EMBEDDED POCKETS OF MODERATE TO
EVEN BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.
3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE IN THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY DEPENDING ON
WHERE MORE PERSISTENT SNOW BANDING SETS UP. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
OVERALL...THIS WILL BE A MANAGEABLE LIGHT TO MODERATE LONG-DURATION
SNOW EVENT. HOWEVER...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY SLIPPERY. IN
ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...AND THIS MAY RESULT IN PERIODS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES.
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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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 419 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TONIGHT TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45
AND 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE
ALSO IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 55 MPH ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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