Cold air was draining southward into northeast MA Sunday, and the potential exists for light freezing rain and/or drizzle Sunday afternoon into Monday morning. The temperature was hovering near freezing at midday Sunday, and it may fall a few degrees overnight. There was not much steady precipitation early Sunday afternoon, but even light rain or drizzle can still cause slick conditions for walking or driving. The National Weather Service issued a Freezing Rain Advisory for part of central and northeast MA.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1006 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES NOW IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... .COLD AIR ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES TO DRAIN SOUTHWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND OR DRIZZLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE COLD AIRMASS MAY SLIP FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND ROUTE 128 CORRIDORS. NHZ012-015-222315- /O.EXT.KBOX.ZR.Y.0006.131222T1700Z-131223T1700Z/ EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH... WEARE 1006 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY... * LOCATIONS...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION. * TIMING...LATE MORNING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING. * UNCERTAINTY...GREATEST RISK OF APPRECIABLE ICE ACCRETION IS ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND PERHAPS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 500 FT. 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. && $$ NOCERA
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1006 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES NOW IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS... .COLD AIR ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES TO DRAIN SOUTHWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND OR DRIZZLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE COLD AIRMASS MAY SLIP FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND ROUTE 128 CORRIDORS. MAZ004>007-014-026-NHZ011-222315- /O.EXB.KBOX.ZR.Y.0006.131222T2100Z-131223T1600Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY... KEENE 1006 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...CHESHIRE COUNTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...CAMBRIDGE...AYER...JAFFREY AND KEENE. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO 0.05 HUNDREDS OF ICE ACCRETION. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING. * UNCERTAINTY...GREATEST RISK OF FREEZING RAIN AND APPRECIABLE ICE ACCRETION IS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX AND ESSEX COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE RISK IS LOWER OVER CHESHIRE COUNTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHEAST TO THE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND ROUTE 128 CORRIDORS. 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. &&
