WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 436 AM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TODAY AND PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET TONIGHT. THIS LOW
WILL AID IN SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND STARTING LATER THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE START...EXCEPT PERHAPS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WHERE THERE MAY BE A MIX TO START. AS THE PRECIPITATION
GET HEAVIER THIS LATE AFTERNOON...IT WILL LIKELY BEGIN MIXING WITH
SNOW. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS
AND MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...BUT
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND
PLACEMENT OF HEAVY SNOW BANDS. THE SNOW MAY BE WET AND HEAVY AND
THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT. THERE IS A
LOW PROBABILITY THAT A PORTION OF THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY
HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IF IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER.
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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