FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 425 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM EST SATURDAY.
THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS FOR MOST OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95.
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON
UNTREATED SURFACES INCLUDING ROADWAYS...OVERPASSES...RAMPS AND
WALKWAYS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS IN THESE AREAS AS TEMPERATURES
HOVER AT OR BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 30S SATURDAY ALONG
THE COASTAL PLAIN. HOWEVER...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE LONGER TO RISE TO
THE FREEZING MARK. THUS THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL PROBABLY NEED
TO BE EXTENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS INTO SATURDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 458 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 Expires:200912260945;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
431 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-260945-
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
431 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP ACROSS MOST AREAS TONIGHT...EXCEPT
ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE AWAY FROM
THE COAST...MAINLY OUTSIDE INTERSTATE 95. IF FREEZING DRIZZLE
DOES DEVELOP...ONLY A THIN COAT COULD CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME
QUITE SLICK ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE UNTREATED.
STEADIER PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...
THERE COULD BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
TONIGHT WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS EVEN WORSE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF MIXED WINTRY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF
SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO NORTH
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE WORCESTER HILLS...AS WELL AS
THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE
LIGHT DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BUT THE MIXTURE COULD STILL
CAUSE SLOW TRAVEL. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE LATE SATURDAY OR
EVEN SATURDAY NIGHT...SO THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY
CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN. TRAVEL WILL BE RATHER SLICK AT TIMES.
WHILE A GENERAL ICE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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