WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1115 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
SATURDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EXTREME NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND ALL
OF RHODE ISLAND.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL VARY OVER THE
WEEKEND...WITH IT GENERALLY BEING LIGHT. HOWEVER...EMBEDDED POCKETS
OF MODERATE TO EVEN BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE COAST.
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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