WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 436 AM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON 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 AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO FALL AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY WILL BE THE LAST PLACE TO
TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW AND THIS MAY TAKE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.
SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING
AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE SNOW MAY INITIALLY BE WET AND
HEAVY AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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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