WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 628 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
SNOW WAS FALLING AT VARYING RATES THIS EVENING AND PACKING DOWN
CAUSING SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES. AMOUNTS
WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT RANGING FROM NEAR 5 INCHES PARTS OF FAR
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS IN PARTS OF THE
MONADNOCKS... WORCESTER HILLS AND HILLS OF NORTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY TO
1 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE.
SNOW WILL THEN END BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. CLEARING FOLLOWS
AND THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DANGEROUS BLACK ICE CONDITIONS FORMING
AT DAWN UPON PREVIOUSLY TREATED SURFACES.
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.
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 NEAR OR BELOW
FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
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