HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 430 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 430 AM EST THU DEC 24 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL WEST OF NEW
ENGLAND SATURDAY...WHILE ANOTHER LOW FORMS AND MOVES ACROSS NEW
ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS MAY BRING A
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT TO THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...IT
LOOKS LIKE A MAINLY RAIN EVENT FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN. ACROSS THE
INTERIOR...SUB FREEZING AIR COULD LOCK IN AT THE SURFACE WHICH MAY
RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...AND
POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SNOW. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW ON THE TIMING OF THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS EXACT PRECIPITATION TYPES.
AT THIS TIME...THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT
FOR THE FAR INTERIOR FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THERE COULD ALSO
BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN AND COASTAL AREAS
SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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