WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 628 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
IT WAS SNOW MOST AREAS ALONG AND OR JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 FROM
BOSTON TO NEAR PROVIDENCE AND WESTERLY. RAIN ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY
AREA WILL BE CHANGING TO SNOW BY 7 OR 8 PM...INCLUDING THE PROVIDENCE
SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND NEAR BROCKTON.
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. AMOUNTS WILL
PROBABLY BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT WITH NEAR 5 INCH AMOUNTS MOST LIKELY
IN THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND.
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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