WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1020 AM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
PRECIPITATION NOW IN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS IS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN...WITH SOME WET SNOW
MIXED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. SO FAR NO ACCUMULATIONS.
THE I 95 CORRIDOR FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE AND WESTERLY CORRIDOR
WILL SEE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN
4 PM AND 7 PM. THE CHANGE TO SNOW WILL OCCUR A BIT EARLIER OVER THE
ELEVATED REGIONS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND TO BOSTONS WESTERN AND
NORTHWEST SUBURBS FROM WELLESLEY TO BEDFORD AND LOWELL.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL HEAVILY FOR A TIME THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY DAWN. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
2 TO 5 INCHES...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON
THE DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT OF HEAVY SNOW BANDS. THE SNOW MAY BE
WET AND HEAVY AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT A PORTION OF THIS WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY MAY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IF
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER.
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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DRAG
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