WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1158 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.
THE ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM AND BECOME
HEAVY FOR A TIME DURING A PORTION OF THE MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE
CHANGING TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN DURING MIDDAY.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST
ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WORCESTER COUNTY ONTO THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE BERKSHIRES.
THIS ADVISORY COULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF THE CHANGEOVER OCCURS
A FEW HOURS LATER THAN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION TO
RAIN BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER MOST
OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES IN THIS ADVISORY.
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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