WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 956 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
THIS ADVISORY IS FOR NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE UNTREATED ROADS QUITE
SLIPPERY.
GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TENTH
OF AN INCH OR LESS...PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ACROSS THE MONADNOCKS AND
EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND WORCESTER HILLS. ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A THIN COATING MOST PLACES...TO
AROUND AN INCH ON SOME OF THE HIGHER HILLS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 30S ALL AREAS
TODAY...CHANGING ANY SNOW OR ICE TO RAIN BY THIS EVENING.
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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