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 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN
RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND.
.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 A POSSIBILITY OF SNOW
IN THE INTERIOR AT THE START.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 432 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...FIRST PLOWABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND TONIGHT...
MAZ005>007-013>018-RIZ001>004-006-060545-
/O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0016.091206T0000Z-091206T1100Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY
432 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
RAIN IN RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHANGE TO SNOW
WILL PROBABLY OCCUR IN THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM WESTERLY TO
PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON...BETWEEN 530 PM AND 7 PM.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL HEAVILY FOR A TIME THIS EVENING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.
THE SNOW MAY BE WET AND HEAVY AND THIS COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES TONIGHT.
ABRUPT CLEARING IS EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR TOWARD DAWN AND THIS MAY
BE A RECIPE FOR THE FORMING OF BLACK ICE AROUND 6 OR 7 AM...UPON
PREVIOUSLY TREATED PAVEMENTS.
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.
$$
DRAG

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 436 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...FIRST PLOWABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON LIKELY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND LATE TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...
MAZ005>007-013>018-RIZ001>004-006-051745-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0016.091206T0000Z-091206T1200Z/
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...
GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...
TAUNTON...BROCKTON...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...
WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY
436 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TODAY AND PASS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET TONIGHT. THIS LOW
WILL AID IN SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND STARTING LATER THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE START...EXCEPT PERHAPS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WHERE THERE MAY BE A MIX TO START. AS THE PRECIPITATION
GET HEAVIER THIS LATE AFTERNOON...IT WILL LIKELY BEGIN MIXING WITH
SNOW. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS
AND MAY FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...BUT
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND
PLACEMENT OF HEAVY SNOW BANDS. THE SNOW MAY BE WET AND HEAVY AND
THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT. THERE IS A
LOW PROBABILITY THAT A PORTION OF THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY
HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IF IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER.
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.
$$