WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 954 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EXTREME NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND ALL
OF RHODE ISLAND.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL VARY IN INTENSITY...WITH IT GENERALLY BEING
LIGHT. HOWEVER...EMBEDDED POCKETS OF MODERATE TO EVEN BRIEFLY
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE...DEPENDING ON WHERE MORE PERSISTENT SNOW BANDING SETS
UP. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE EAST COAST. OVERALL...THIS
WILL BE A MANAGEABLE LIGHT TO MODERATE LONG-DURATION SNOW EVENT.
HOWEVER...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
IN ADDITION...IT WILL BECOME WINDY TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR 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.
$$
RLG
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 829 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY.
THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THERE ALSO IS A LOW PROBABILITY THAT WINDS
COULD GUST UP TO 55 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THESE
WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY RESULT IN VERY
POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS
THIS STRONG ARE CAPABLE OF DOWNING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND
BRANCHES...POSSIBLY CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING CAN
ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
$$
RLG
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