SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 640 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...SLIPPERY SPOTS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...
ANY SNOW THAT MELTED ONTO ROADWAYS...DRIVEWAYS...PARKING LOTS...AND
SIDEWALKS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY IS LIKELY TO REFREEZE AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. IN
ADDITION...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND SOME LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE COULD COMBINE TO CREATE PATCHES OF BLACK ICE.
THEREFORE...SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. TRAVELERS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN
OUT AND ABOUT. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS...EVEN ON TREATED
ROADWAYS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 440 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 445 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON
SATURDAY...AND PASS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING.
FIRSTLY...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY TO
THE WEST OF I-95. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL QUITE SLICK AT TIMES. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MUCH OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY ON THE COASTAL PLAIN. HOWEVER...THERE CONTINUES
TO BE A RISK FOR SOME ICING ACROSS THE INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES...WORCESTER HILLS...AND THE MONADNOCKS. AT
THIS TIME...AN ICE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER...SOME POWER
OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. SLIPPERY SPOTS ARE LIKELY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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