WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 421 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...BECOMING SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST
OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE OVERNIGHT AND IT MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WHEN THE SNOW DIMINISHES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FAR NORTHWEST
CHESHIRE COUNTY...FARTHER FROM THE STORM. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS...AROUND
6 INCHES...WILL BE NEAR NASHUA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.
ANY SNOW 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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