WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1045 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH 1130 AM THIS MORNING. 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 2 TO 3 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.
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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FRANK
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