WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1158 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...
NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...AND PARTS OF THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON
SUBURBS.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM AND BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY.
THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...THEN
ALL RAIN DURING MID MORNING.
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
WITH THE HEAVIEST IN WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY.
MEANWHILE...IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND NEAR BOSTON AMOUNTS
WILL BE NEAR AN INCH OR POSSIBLY TWO. HOWEVER...COMBINED WITH
BRIEF ICING AND THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THE RUSH
HOUR... THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED.
HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY OR THE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE
POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING.
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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