WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1011 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...BECOMING SITUATED
JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING HEAVY
AT TIMES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SNOW DIMINISHES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS WILL
BE IN FAR NORTHWEST CHESHIRE COUNTY...FARTHER FROM THE STORM. THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS...AROUND 6 INCHES...WILL BE NEAR NASHUA AND
MANCHESTER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A MARGINAL WARNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW 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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