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Weather Alerts

Weather Alerts for New Hampshire - Southwest

Last updated: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:18 PM

Winter Weather Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
420 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...A WEAKENING BUT STILL POTENT STORM NEAR NEW YORK CITY FRIDAY WILL
DELIVER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND...

CTZ002>004-MAZ003-004-010>012-NHZ011-260530-
/O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0007.100226T0600Z-100226T2100Z/
HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-CHESHIRE NH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...
VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...GREENFIELD...ORANGE...BARRE...
FITCHBURG...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...
WORCESTER...JAFFREY...KEENE
420 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY.

THIS ADVISORY COVERS THE HIGH TERRAIN LOCATIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AS WELL AS THE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND CHESHIRE COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE.

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO PERIODS OF WET
SNOW BY SUNRISE FRIDAY WITH SEVERAL SLUSHY INCHES IN HIGH TERRAIN
LOCATIONS ABOVE 800 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD ESCAPE WITH JUST A LIGHT COVERING.

EVEN SO... THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE MAY BE SLOWER THAN NORMAL IN
THE HILLY TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HARTFORD SPRINGFIELD...AS
SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS DEVELOP.

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.