WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 435 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...EXTREME NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND ALL OF RHODE
ISLAND.
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET TONIGHT AND MOVE
NORTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LOW WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AND MOVE
BACK WEST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS
EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY MODERATE OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
SNOW INTENSITY WILL VARY OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND...AND WILL
MAINLY BE LIGHT. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
LIKELY DEPENDING ON WHERE MORE PERSISTENT SNOW BANDING SETS UP.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. OVERALL...THIS WILL BE A MANAGEABLE LIGHT TO
MODERATE LONG-DURATION SNOW EVENT. HOWEVER...ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME VERY SLIPPERY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS MAY COME INTO PLAY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THIS MAY AID IN PERIODS
OF LOWER VISIBILITIES.
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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