WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 938 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT...
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...
JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
938 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
SNOW WAS FALLING AT VARYING RATES THIS EVENING AND PACKING DOWN
CAUSING SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES. AMOUNTS
WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES PARTS OF
FAR WESTERN HAMPSHIRE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS IN PARTS
OF THE MONADNOCKS...WORCESTER HILLS AND HILLS OF NORTHERN TOLLAND
COUNTY TO 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE.
SNOW WILL THEN END BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. CLEARING FOLLOWS
AND THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DANGEROUS BLACK ICE CONDITIONS FORMING
AT DAWN UPON PREVIOUSLY TREATED SURFACES.
SNOW THIS EVENING MAY STILL BE WET AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IF ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN 4 INCHES
OCCUR ON LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
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 NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...
MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 442 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 445 PM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH POSSIBLY A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW IN THE INTERIOR AT THE START. SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS IS THE REGION MOST VULNERABLE FOR ANY
SNOW...ESPECIALLY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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