WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1134 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4
AM EST FRIDAY.
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND
AND MASSACHUSETTS.
FREEZING RAIN HAS BEGUN FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND AS FAR NORTH AS TF GREEN AIRPORT IN RHODE ISLAND. WHILE WE
EXPECT A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...UP TO A TENTH
OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED SURFACES INCLUDING ROADS.
TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT.
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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RLG
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