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Weather Alerts

Weather Alerts for Massachusetts - North & West

Last updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:08 PM

Winter Weather Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
420 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012

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WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...
BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...
NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...
NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE
420 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND INTERIOR MASSACHUSETTS.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE...AS WELL AS
SLEET AND SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO ONE INCH.

* TIMING...RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET HAS ALREADY BEGUN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL CONNECTICUT. THIS WINTRY
MIX WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR EARLY TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...NEAR FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO
WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN IN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
BERKSHIRES...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THIS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND COULD PERSIST DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF I-90 IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.

* IMPACTS...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS UNTREATED
ROADS...SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

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.