WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 452 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST SUNDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST SUNDAY.
THIS WIND ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. 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.
IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY 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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 630 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EXTREME NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...AND ALL
OF RHODE ISLAND.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL VARY IN INTENSITY...WITH IT GENERALLY BEING LIGHT.
HOWEVER...EMBEDDED POCKETS OF MODERATE TO EVEN BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST. THERE WAS STILL SOME RAIN
BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE CAPE AND NANTUCKET...BUT THIS SHOULD CHANGE
TO SNOW BY MID MORNING.
3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE IN THE ADVISORY AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY DEPENDING ON
WHERE MORE PERSISTENT SNOW BANDING SETS UP. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT. OVERALL...THIS WILL BE A MANAGEABLE LIGHT TO MODERATE LONG-
DURATION SNOW EVENT. HOWEVER...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY.
IN ADDITION...IT WILL BECOME WINDY TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW AND/OR ICE IS
FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND
WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS
AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS
NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE
SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
$$
FRANK
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