WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1226 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.
RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND
AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT IS FALLING AS ALL SNOW IN THE HIGH TERRAIN.
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME PERIODICALLY HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EVERYWHERE WITH ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY AREAS
SPREADING TO ALL UNTREATED PAVEMENTS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM.
SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY WITH VISIBILITY BRIEFLY UNDER ONE HALF MILE
THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...
EXCEPT AROUND 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY...NORTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY
CONNECTICUT AND THE WORCESTER HILLS.
SNOW THIS EVENING MAY STILL BE WET AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES IF ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN 4 INCHES OCCUR ON LIMBS
AND POWER LINES IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY
THAT A PORTION OF THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY HAVE TO BE
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AT 4PM...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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