WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 719 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
SUNDAY.
THREE TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...
WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.
THERE HAS BEEN A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
REGION WITH ONLY FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. VERY LITTLE
IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW WHICH CERTAINLY
COULD MAKE ANY ROADWAY VERY SLICK...ESPECIALLY RAMPS...OVERPASSES
AND RURAL ROADS.
STEADIER SNOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE BACK IN FROM THE NORTHEAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY. STEADY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
FALL MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY...GENERALLY PRODUCING A QUARTER TO
HALF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL PER HOUR.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MAINE WILL BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT THEN MOVE BACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST INTO SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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