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First WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY!
« on: Nov 20, 2007, 10:28 AM »
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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-CHESHIRE NH-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSO R LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILL IMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...
ORANGE...BARRE...FITCH BURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFI ELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...JAFFREY...
KEENE...PETERBOROUGH.. .WEARE
901 AM EST TUE NOV 20 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MASSACHUSETTS...AS WELL AS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS MORNING. WITHIN
THE BAND OF SNOW THERE WERE SOME BRIEF BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW RESULTING
IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. AS OF 9 AM...PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS WAS
REPORTING ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW. MUCH OF THE SNOW
ACCUMULATION MAY COME IN A VERY SHORT TIME SO MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED.

WE GENERALLY EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALLY
UP TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE
SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WELL BELOW FREEZING.

WARMER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT SHOULD CHANGE TO THE SNOW TO A PERIOD OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING. THIS TRANSITION SHOULD
OCCUR BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 AM ACROSS CONNECTICUT...10 AND 1130 AM ACROSS
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PERHAPS A BIT LATER ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL ADD TO THE SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS.

ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL LIQUID AND
TAPER OFF TO VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST WINTER WEATHER EVENT OCCURRING DURING THE
MORNING RUSH HOUR...MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

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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