HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 618 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS AND TEENS THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 428 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 100 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE...
.POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
TODAY. VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS ANTICIPATED DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST
OF THE BOSTON PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO PERHAPS
TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY RAIN BY DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...
CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
428 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF HARTFORD...
WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE...
FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
AT 4 AM SNOW WAS OVESPREADING MUCH OF CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND
AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A SHORT
PERIOD OF SLEET THEN TO ALL RAIN DURING MID TO LATE MORNING.
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THIS REGION.
SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY OR THE AFTERNOON AND
IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1158 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 900 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTRY WEATHER WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY.
VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER
INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A SHORT PERIOD OF 1 INCH PER HOUR
HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN ESSEX MA-
EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...
NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD
1158 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...
NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...AND PARTS OF THE IMMEDIATE BOSTON
SUBURBS.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM AND BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY.
THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO A SHORT PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...THEN
ALL RAIN DURING MID MORNING.
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT
WITH THE HEAVIEST IN WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY.
MEANWHILE...IN NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND NEAR BOSTON AMOUNTS
WILL BE NEAR AN INCH OR POSSIBLY TWO. HOWEVER...COMBINED WITH
BRIEF ICING AND THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THE RUSH
HOUR... THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED.
HEAVY RAIN DURING MIDDAY OR THE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE
POOR DRAINAGE STREET FLOODING.
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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