HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 445 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
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 WEATHER ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY.
LOW PRESSURE MAY APPROACH THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS MAY BRING SNOWFALL TO THE REGION...THOUGH
THERE IS A LOW CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 304 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...A MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THIS MORNING...
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...
MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...AYER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...
SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH
303 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY.
THIS ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ALONG
AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95.
A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING. A FEW SPOTS...MAINLY NORTH OF THE MASS
PIKE...COULD PICK UP A LIGHT COATING OF SNOWFALL. FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL MAKE UNTREATED ROADS QUITE SLIPPERY.
GLAZE ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TENTH
OF AN INCH OR LESS...PERHAPS SLIGHTLY MORE ACROSS THE MONADNOCKS
AND EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
FROM A THIN COATING MOST PLACES...TO AROUND AN INCH ON SOME OF THE
HIGHER HILLS OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 30S ALL AREAS
TODAY...CHANGING ANY SNOW OR ICE TO RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON.
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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