WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM
EST SUNDAY FOR THE...BERKSHIRES OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
DUTCHESS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
LITCHFIELD HILLS...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES AND
DUTCHESS COUNTY NEW YORK THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID EVENING...THEN SNOW INTENSITY WILL DECREASE
THEREAFTER.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED OFF THE COAST WELL TO THE SOUTH
OF LONG ISLAND...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THIS
EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL
REMAIN ALONG COASTAL AREAS...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL
OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER BY AROUND
MIDNIGHT...AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES TOWARDS THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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