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 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
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...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 IN THE INTERIOR AT THE START. SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS IS THE REGION MOST VULNERABLE FOR ANY
SNOW...ESPECIALLY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 432 PM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

...FIRST PLOWABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND TONIGHT...
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-026-NHZ012-015-060545-
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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-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...AYER...
MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
432 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST
SUNDAY.
THIS ADVISORY COVERS MUCH OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN AND
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE.
PRECIPITATION AT 430 PM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF QUICKLY CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW AND IT WILL SNOW HEAVY A TIMES BETWEEN 5 PM AND 10 PM.
SNOW WILL THEN END BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. CLEARING FOLLOWS AND THIS
IS A RECIPE FOR DANGEROUS BLACK ICE CONDITIONS FORMING AT DAWN UPON
PREVIOUSLY TREATED SURFACES.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2
TO 5 INCHES... EXCEPT POSSIBLY AROUND 6 INCHES ON SOME OF THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF WESTERN HARTFORD COUNTY... NORTHERN TOLLAND COUNTY
CONNECTICUT AND THE WORCESTER HILLS.
SNOW THIS EVENING MAY STILL BE WET AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES IF ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN 4 INCHES OCCUR ON LIMBS
AND POWER LINES IN NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT.
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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