WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 432 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
RAIN IN RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHANGE TO SNOW
WILL PROBABLY OCCUR IN THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM WESTERLY TO
PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON...BETWEEN 530 PM AND 7 PM.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL HEAVILY FOR A TIME THIS EVENING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.
THE SNOW MAY BE WET AND HEAVY AND THIS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES TONIGHT.
ABRUPT CLEARING IS EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR TOWARD DAWN AND THIS MAY
BE A RECIPE FOR THE FORMING OF BLACK ICE AROUND 6 OR 7 AM...UPON
PREVIOUSLY TREATED PAVEMENTS.
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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