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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WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA
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 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 THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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 OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...CHESTERFIELD...
BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER...AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA
AT 4 AM SNOW WAS OVERSPREADING MUCH OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY
WEST OF WORCESTER AND ADVANCING NORTHEAST. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN RAIN
DURING MIDDAY.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF INTERIOR
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES IN THIS AREA.
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.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 540 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
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.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 359 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 100 PM 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 SNOW
MAY OCCUR BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY
RAIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD
359 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN HAMPDEN COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 6 AM AND FALL
HEAVILY FOR A TIME BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND THEN
RAIN DURING MIDDAY.
TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH 6 INCHES MOST LIKELY ON
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES IN WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY WEST OF
SPRINGFIELD.
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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