The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in advance of a nuisance storm that will bring some accumulating snow to interior Southern New England. The storm is not expected to be powerful enough to warrant a Winter Storm Warning, and the advisory covers the threat of some minor/moderate snow accumulations, followed by a bit of ice. Read the text below for more details from the National Weather Service.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 431 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... CTZ002>004-RIZ001-003-231745- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0007.130223T2300Z-130224T1200Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 431 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTH AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN...ALONG WITH A TRACE OF ICE. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BEFORE SWITCHING TO A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...A GLAZE OF ICE COMBINED WITH SLEET AND SNOW CAN MAKE UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS QUITE SLIPPERY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 431 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... MAZ002>016-026-231745- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0007.130223T2000Z-130225T0500Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER... CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD... MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON... QUINCY...AYER 431 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... WHICH INCLUDES THE BOSTON METRO AREA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE SNOW MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH RAIN FOR A TIME NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE. HOWEVER ANY SNOW RAIN MIX WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND BE QUITE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 431 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... NHZ011-012-015-231745- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0007.130224T0200Z-130225T0500Z/ CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 431 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND BE QUITE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. &&
