HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 726 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 730 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SATURDAY...
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...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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 709 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...A MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...
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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
709 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SATURDAY...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM EST SATURDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 EVENING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF THE MASS PIKE COULD
PICK UP A LIGHT COATING OF SNOWFALL. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE ROADS
QUITE SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 30S SATURDAY ALONG
THE COASTAL PLAIN ON SATURDAY AND RESULT IN RAINFALL.
HOWEVER...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE LONGER TO RISE TO THE FREEZING
MARK. THUS A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THESE AREAS
INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE MAIN BATCH OF PRECIPITATION ARRIVES
DURING THE EVENING.
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.
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.
$$

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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