FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 425 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST SATURDAY.
THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95.
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON
UNTREATED SURFACES INCLUDING ROADWAYS...OVERPASSES...RAMPS AND
WALKWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THESE AREAS AS TEMPERATURES
HOVER AT OR BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 30S SATURDAY ALONG
THE COASTAL PLAIN. HOWEVER...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE LONGER TO RISE TO
THE FREEZING MARK. THUS THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL PROBABLY NEED
TO BE EXTENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS INTO SATURDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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