HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 757 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 800 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
.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.
RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY EVENING WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE SEVERAL
INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING. MUCH OF THE AREA MAY RECEIVE 3 TO 5 INCHES
OF SNOW...ENOUGH TO LEAD TO PLOWING AND SANDING OPERATIONS.
RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THROUGHOUT WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. ALL UNTREATED PAVEMENTS WILL
BECOME SLIPPERY.
.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 POSSIBLY A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW OR ICE IN THE INTERIOR AT THE START.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS.
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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...
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-051745-
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HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER
436 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON 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 AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO FALL AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY WILL BE THE LAST PLACE TO
TRANSITION OVER TO ALL SNOW AND THIS MAY TAKE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.
SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING
AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...EXCEPT 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE SNOW MAY INITIALLY BE WET AND
HEAVY AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. 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.
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